BIOL 1001 Chapter : CH 4 Outline
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Andrew johnson and reconstruction: democrat vp to lincoln, president after lincoln"s death, southerner opposed to civil war, supported the union, opposed southern elite , poor by birth, tailor, more lenient than lincoln to opposition. Mending a divided nation: reconstruction, 1865-1877: now have more power in congress, because southern states (before. If a. a. aren"t allowed to vote, they can"t be counted in population: basically designed to keep rep. in control of congress ( compromise , pres. Johnson encouraged southern states not to ratify this amendment: they all refused, backlash from congress. Johnson unhappy about these acts: congress knew he would challenge them, tenure in office act. Appointee (cabinet members, judges, etc. ) must be approved by the senate: same goes for firing, doesn"t want pres. Johnson to replace all rep. staff with dem. Johnson goes ahead and fires his sec. of war (rep. )
