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Andrew Johnson did nothing to help newly freed slaves. He was more concerned with helping White people who were hurt by the Civil War, especially Southerns. While Andrew Johnson was fulfilling President Abraham Lincoln's pledge to forgive the South after the war, he ignored everything President Lincoln wanted to do to help the newly freed slaves after the end of the war.
President Andrew Johnson.
slaves and former slaves
The South welcomed Andrew Johnson's reconstruction plan because it neglected the rights of former slaves more or less, and he granted over 1,000 pardons to former Confederate leaders during his time in office.
The radicals were upset that Andrew Johnson's plan, like Lincoln's, failed to address the needs of former slaves in 3 areas: land, voting rights, and protection under the law
He NEVER had slaves.
It angered the Radical Republicans.
When lands confiscated from the former Confederates were returned back to them by administration of President Andrew Johnson, freed slaves that had been given 40 acres of farmland were evicted.
When lands confiscated from the former Confederates were returned back to them by administration of President Andrew Johnson, freed slaves that had been given 40 acres of farmland were evicted.
When lands confiscated from the former Confederates were returned back to them by administration of President Andrew Johnson, freed slaves that had been given 40 acres of farmland were evicted.
When lands confiscated from the former Confederates were returned back to them by administration of President Andrew Johnson, freed slaves that had been given 40 acres of farmland were evicted.
When lands confiscated from the former Confederates were returned back to them by administration of President Andrew Johnson, freed slaves that had been given 40 acres of farmland were evicted.
President Johnson was disliked by many because he used his political power to fight against equal rights for former slaves.
Yes
There is no evidence that he did.
Oliver Howard is a guy who served in the American Civil war. After the war ended, President Andrew Johnson appointed him commissioner of the Freedman's Bureau to help former slaves.
Several, Andrew Jackson the seventh president for one.