The shots rang out and that’s when Andrew Johnson’s life was about to change. Andrew Johnson was the seventeenth president of the United States of America. During Lincoln’s second term, his vice president was Johnson. Once Lincoln was assassinated Johnson became president. During the night Lincoln got shot, the shooter was also going to shoot Johnson. The three shooters conspired to attack the president, vice president and secretary of state. They disliked Lincoln’s plan to emancipate slavery and felt it was going to destroy the south. They, however, decided to revise the plan. After killing Lincoln the south may have felt better however the north became devastated since Andrew Johnson’s presidency was a failure. He was racist, took advantage of Congress, and got impeached.
The first few months of Johnson’s presidency was atrocious. Even starting out Johnson was not ideal, he was intoxicated when he was supposed to say his inauguration speech. Congress did not like Johnson. Congress was out of session until December when Johnson became president. With this in mind, Johnson handed out …show more content…
In 1865, white southerners thought that African Americans should not have any power. For this to happen, they created black codes or the pig laws. Black codes were similar to slavery. The pig laws were laws that determined where African Americans could live and what they could do for a living. With high hopes erstwhile slaves went back to the fields anticipating improved treatment now that they have labor contracts. The slaves hopes did not prove to be true; they were treated the same if not worse as they were before the pig laws. In order to preserve their modern slaves, the whites made it difficult for them to own property and made it a crime to be homeless (Kadue 1). White southerners had a hard time accepting that African Americans should be independent and have rights, but the fourteenth amendment was about to change
The first few months of Johnson’s presidency was atrocious. Even starting out Johnson was not ideal, he was intoxicated when he was supposed to say his inauguration speech. Congress did not like Johnson. Congress was out of session until December when Johnson became president. With this in mind, Johnson handed out …show more content…
In 1865, white southerners thought that African Americans should not have any power. For this to happen, they created black codes or the pig laws. Black codes were similar to slavery. The pig laws were laws that determined where African Americans could live and what they could do for a living. With high hopes erstwhile slaves went back to the fields anticipating improved treatment now that they have labor contracts. The slaves hopes did not prove to be true; they were treated the same if not worse as they were before the pig laws. In order to preserve their modern slaves, the whites made it difficult for them to own property and made it a crime to be homeless (Kadue 1). White southerners had a hard time accepting that African Americans should be independent and have rights, but the fourteenth amendment was about to change