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The Radical Republicans viewed Andrew Johnson as a Southern sympathizer because he wanted to bring the states that seceded prior to the Civil War back into the Union immediately and unconditionally. The Republicans saw this as a potential threat to Reconstruction.

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What did radical republicans view president Johnson as?

The Radical Republicans viewed Andrew Johnson as a Southern sympathizer because he wanted to bring the states that seceded prior to the Civil War back into the Union immediately and unconditionally. The Republicans saw this as a potential threat to Reconstruction.


Who is view prevailed in Reconstruction was it the view of Radical Republicans or was it Lincolns view?

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Why didnt president Johnson support the civil rights act of 1866?

President Andrew Johnson did not support the Civil Rights Act of 1866 primarily because he held a more lenient view toward the Southern states following the Civil War and sought to restore their political power quickly. He believed that the federal government should not intervene in state matters regarding civil rights. Additionally, Johnson's sympathy for Southern interests and his opposition to the Radical Republicans in Congress led him to veto the bill, although Congress later overrode his veto to enact it.


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Casting away General George B. McClellan's ambitions, he was sincere in his belief that radical Republicans were a threat to his war efforts. In fact he believed that Radicalism was just as great of a threat to the US republic as Southern cession.


Were the Radical Republicans justified in impeaching President Johnson?

The Radical Republicans wanted to impeach Tennessee-native President Andrew Johnson because they perceived him to be a Southern sympathizer who wanted to allow the Southern states that had seceded back into the Union immediately and almost unconditionally. They saw Johnson as a threat to their Reconstruction plans. The conflict over Reconstruction was the underlying reason for Johnson's impeachment; the stated reason for impeachment was that he violated the 1867 Tenure of Office Act by (attempting to) fire Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, among other things. In February 1868, the US House of Representatives voted to bring eleven articles of impeachment against Johnson. He was later acquitted at his Senate trial.


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