Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant were the presidents during Reconstruction. Rutherford B. Hayes was also president a short time at the end of the period.
He became a national hero by leading his cavalry unit in a charge up San Juan Hill in Cuba, during the Spanish-American War.
President Abraham Lincoln
Congress and the president disagreed about who had authority to devise a plan of reconstruction.
They did not share the same goals on Reconstruction
Andre Johnson
The time was known as the Reconstruction period from 1865-1876 when Hayes was elected president he agreed to end reconstruction because the south wouldn't give in to any rights for African Americans.
He was president during the early part of reconstruction.
Andrew Johnson , who was from Tennessee ,was the President during the beginning of Reconstruction.
President Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson was impeached during reconstruction era.
Rutherford Hayes oversaw the end of the Reconstruction Era.
The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was introduced by President Andrew Johnson.
Andrew Johnson was the vice-president and became president when President Lincoln was killed. Johnson was the president during the first four years of reconstruction. US Grant presided over the next eight years.
U. S. Grant was the President from March 4,1869 to March 4, 1877 which included most of the Reconstruction period.
President Lincoln actually thought he should be responsible for reconstruction. President Lincoln did this because people left the union so the president could pardon them back in.
After the death of President Lincoln, the then Vice-President Andrew Johnson became President. He decided to not follow Lincoln's plan of reconstruction of the South, opting to create his own.
Yes. Most say that reconstruction ended in 1877 when Grant left office and Hayes became President.
Abraham Lincoln