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Neo-confederate, who was dead set against congress program of reconstructing the south. >> republicans in congress despised andrew johnson. >> he stood for the repression of african-americans, whom a war had just been fought to liberate. >> president johnson vetoed almost all the measures to give civil liberties and representation to blacks. the republican-controlled congress decided to wage a political war. >> it set an impeachment trap for him. >> that trap was called the tenure of office act....

>> he was essentially an incredibly racist, neoconfedera neoconfederate, who was dead set against congress program of reconstructing the south. >> republicans in congress zmooi despised andrew johnson. >> he stood for the repression of african-americans, whom a war had just been fought to liberty. >> president johnson vetoed almost all the measures to give civil liberties and representation to blacks. the republican-controlled congress decided to wage a political war. >> it set an impeachment tr...

However bad a president andrew johnson was, there were no grounds to remove him. >> the country was one vote away from removing president andrew johnson from office, essentially because congress did not like him or his policies. >> johnson basically agreed to cease all of the behavior that had been so problematic, to go along with the congressional reconstruction program. >> historians today regard the impeachment trap as unconstitutional. >> impeachment fell into disrepute. >> johnsons impeachm...

Him or his policies. >> johnson basically agreed to cease all of the behavior that had been so problematic, to go along with the congressional reconstruction program. >> historians today regard the impeachment trap as unconstitutional. >> impeachment fell into disrepute. >> johnsons impeachment would serve as a warning about the consequences of a partisan impeachment in a sharply divided country. >> it raises blood pressures, and in some perverse ways, it actually makes impeachment harder to use...

Civil liberties and representation to blacks. the republican-controlled congress decided to wage a political war. >> it set an impeachment trap for him. >> that trap was called the tenure of office act. >> congress passed a law over johnsons veto that said he could not fire his own cabinet members. >> when president johnson fired his secretary of war, edwin stanton, the house approved 11 articles of impeachment against him, one of which accused the president of bringing congress into ridicule an...

Him, one of which accused the president of bringing congress into ridicule and disgrace. >> their entire approach to impeachment was partisan and ideological. however bad a president andrew johnson was, there were no grounds to remove him. >> the country was one vote away from removing president andrew johnson from office essentially because congress did not like him or his policies. >> johnson basically agreed to cease all of the behavior that had been so problematic, to go along with the congr...

There are few things historians agree upon, but this is one. andrew johnson was one of americas worst presidents. >> he was essentially an incredibly racist, neo-confederate who was dead set against congress program of reconstructing the south. >> republicans in congress despised andrew johnson. >> he stood for the repression of african-americans whom a war had just been fought to liberate. >> president johnson vetoed almost all the measures to give civil liberties and representation to blacks. ...

President of bringing congress into ridicule and disgrace. >> their entire approach to impeachment was partisan and ideological. however bad a president andrew johnson was, there were no grounds to remove him. >> the country was one vote away from removing president andrew johnson from office essentially because congress did not like him or his policies. >> johnson basically agreed to cease all of the behavior that had been so problematic, to go along with the congressional reconstruction progra...

Agree upon, but this is one. andrew johnson was one of americas worst presidents. >> he was essentially an incredibly racist, neo-confederate who was dead set against congress program of reconstructing the south. >> republicans in congress despised andrew johnson. >> he stood for the repression of african-americans whom a war had just been fought to liberate. >> president johnson vetoed almost all the measures to give civil liberties and representation to blacks. the republican-controlled congre...

Who lincoln picked to create a national unity ticket. few things historians agree upon, but this is one. andrew johnson was one of americas worst presidents. >> he was essentially an incredibly racist neoconfederate against the program of reconstructing the south. >> republicans in congress despised andrew johnson. >> here stood for the repression of african-americans whom a war had been fought to liberate. >> president johnson vetoed almost all the measures to give civil liberties and represent...