The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Born in North Carolina in 1808 to impoverished parents‚ Andrew Johnson had no formal education. He became a tailor’s apprentice at age fourteen. He later moved to Greenville‚ in eastern Tennessee‚ where he established a thriving tailor shop and went into local politics. Andrew Johnson was a lifelong Democrat and slave owner who won a place alongside Abraham Lincoln on the 1864 Republican ticket‚ in order to gain the support of pro-war Democrats. Their election
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Overview of principal Reconstruction proposals and plans: · 1864-65: Lincoln’s 10% plan · 1865: 13th Amendment · 1865-66: Presidential Reconstruction: Johnson’s version of Lincoln’s proposal · 1866-67: Congressional plan: 10% plan with 14th Amendment · 1867-77: Military Reconstruction (Congress): 14th Amendment plus black suffrage that was later established nationwide by the 15th Amendment. · Compromise of 1877: ends Reconstruction. What was Reconstruction? Attempt to achieve national
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The horrendous Civil War began in 1861. This hideous war divided the nation into the North and South‚ or mainly anti-slavery vs. slavery. The Southern political leaders relied on slavery so heavily they would even secede. Also‚ the endless debates over slavery’s future changed in generation before the war. Southern political leaders were convinced that slavery was going to be abolished by the Lincoln and the Republican party. The South used slavery in almost every aspect of life. They used them
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1. Why did the use of child labor increase after the Civil War? After the Civil war demand for labor grew because the availability of natural resources‚ new inventions‚ and a receptive market. Children were sent to work to help support their families since the factory wages for their parents were low. 2. Why did many oppose the use of children as factory workers? Many opposed child labor since the long hours of work deprived the children of the opportunity to go to school. Also‚
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Despite the fact that the Civil War resolved the issue of slavery‚ racism after the war was still rampant and vicious in various parts of the country. Not only did African Americans experience this mistreatment‚ but immigrants as well. The popular notion of Scientific racism encouraged the subjugation of non European people all over the country. Although there was racism in the North and out West after the Civil War‚ nothing compared to the institutionalized racism in the South against African Americans
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The American Civil War lasted from 1861-1865‚ and is known as one of the most crucial events in the history of American. In those four years‚ more than half a million soldiers from both the Confederate and Union side were either wounded or died trying to fight for what they believed in. A nation was divided and mass social and economical changes occurred throughout the entire region. This fight over slavery and State rights would pit man against man and create a greater debt within the United States
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Lyndon B. Johnson the 36th president of our united states started life as a poor man in the small town of Johnson City‚ Texas. After High school he moved to California to work on a highway crew. He decided that there was an easier way to go through life so he moved back to Texas to attend Southwest Texas State to get his degree in education. His first job was after college was as a teacher at a Mexican-American school in Cotulla‚ Texas. Seeing the great poverty and hardships of his students impacted
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The Civil War‚ a battle between the United States and Confederate states over the issues and disagreements of slavery‚ served as a major part of our racial system in America and what started the period of Reconstruction. The war began in April 1861 after years of tension between the Northern and Southern states over slavery. It lasted for four years and ultimately ended with Confederate General Robert E. Lee in 1865. The Union won‚ which would end slavery and reunite the nation under a singular government
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For several years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation negative attitudes towards African Americans carried on in the deep south. This made it very hard for African Americans to make a living after years of harsh slavery. Even going down to a local diner was nearly impossible without being harassed of attacked. The same is true for the next three events. The Bombing of Birmingham Church‚ The Integration of Central High school‚ and The Selma Marches. These three events will show the
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Before and After the Civil War The three different but similar events all had something in common for people’s equality. The 1st event that happened was the Sojourner Truth speech in 1815‚ at the Women’s Convention in Akron‚ Ohio and it was focused on women’s equality. The second event that occurred was the Civil War that went on from 1861 to 1865‚ and the reason behind the Civil War was to put an end to slavery‚ so slaves can have equality. The Final event that happens during the Civil war was the
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