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The Civil War exposes the risks of charging — or not charging — Trump. Andrew Johnson chose lenient punishments for the Confederate leadership. It helped fuel Jim Crow, but prevented renewed ...
Andrew Johnson, 29 Dec 1808 ... In addition to pardoning former Confederate leaders, Johnson vetoed the Freedman’s Bureau Bill, the Civil Rights Bill, and three military Reconstruction acts, all ...
Alfred M. S. Johnson went back to farming after that August day. Not long after, he had a son and named him Andrew Johnson—presumably in honor of the man who succeeded Lincoln in the presidency ...
Is Key West's Mallory Square named for a Confederate leader? ... He was also a slave owner and spent a year in prison after the Civil War until granted a pardon by President Andrew Johnson.
President Andrew Johnson, successor to slain Abraham Lincoln, initially agreed. But other Republicans were hesitant. They feared a trial would only re-open the wounds of a tragically divided nation.
The US Army said Tuesday it will restore the names of seven Army bases that previously honored Confederate leaders.