Legacy: Andrew Johnson’s racism and antipathy towards African-American civil rights were a harbinger for similar attitudes to come during Reconstruction. The first president to be impeached—but not ...

Southern Democrat Andrew Johnson, becomes president. May: President Johnson announces his plan of Presidential Reconstruction. It calls for general amnesty and restoration of property -- except ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Next up is “The Loyalist” also known as “The Veto President” - Andrew ... reconstruction and ...

For the first time in history, the United States House of Representatives impeached a sitting president ... program for reconstruction of the South could not succeed with Andrew Johnson in ...