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Andrew Johnson (1808 – 1875) became President in 1865 after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and governed during the beginning of the Reconstruction Era following the Civil War. Prior to becoming President, Johnson served as Governor of Tennessee and as a Member of both the United States Senate and House of Representatives. This work brings together President Johnson’s four State of the Union Addresses delivered between 1865 and 1868 -- from...
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"When Lincoln was assassinated and Andrew Johnson became President, a fraught time in America became perilous. Congress was divided over how Reconstruction should be accomplished and the question of black suffrage. The South roiled with violence, lawlessness, and efforts to preserve the pre-Civil War society. Andrew Johnson--chosen as Vice President for electability, because he was a Southern Democrat--had no interest in following Lincoln's agenda....
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"The absorbing narrative of Frederick Douglass's heated struggle with President Andrew Johnson reveals a new perspective on Reconstruction's demise. When Andrew Johnson rose to the presidency after Abraham Lincoln's assassination, African Americans were optimistic that Johnson would pursue aggressive federal policies for Black equality. Just a year earlier, Johnson had cast himself as a "Moses" for the Black community. Frederick Douglass, the country's...