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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 congressional reconstruction program. >> historians today regard the impeachment trap as unconstitutional...

There are few things historians agree upon, but this is one. andrew johnson was one of america's 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 congress decided to wage a political war. >> it set an impeachment trap ...

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 program. >> historians today regard the impeachment trap as unconstitutional. >> impeachment fell into dis...

Agree upon, but this is one. andrew johnson was one of america's 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 congress decided to wage a political war. >> it set an impeachment trap for him. >> that trap was called...

Who lincoln picked to create a national unity ticket. few things historians agree upon, but this is one. andrew johnson was one of america's 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 representation to blacks. they decided to wage a political war. >> they set an impeachment trap. >> that was...