Andrew Johnson was a man who was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in the year of 1808.He worked for a tailor but ran away as a kid. He opened a tailor shop in what is called Greeneville, Tennessee, he also married a woman name Eliza McCardle. He also participated in the debates people had at the local academy. In the year of 1862 President Lincoln hired him as the Military Governor of Tennessee, and Johnson used the state as a laboratory for reconstruction. In the year 1864 the Republicans that were in the National Union Party was for just for all rich or royal men actually selected him to be the Vice President as a Southerner and a Democrat. After Abraham Lincoln's death, President Johnson actually continued to reconstruct the former Confederate States while the Congress was not in session in the year of 1865. After much more things he did in the year 1875 Tennessee made or returned Johnson as the Senate he died a couple of months later.
- Andrew Johnson was the president during Reconstruction
- carpetbaggers came from the north to the south to gain money
- Was set up by Lincoln and carried out by Johnson
- Lasted from 1863 to 1877
- White southerners who supported the Reconstruction were called scalawags
- Reconstruction followed the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
Andrew Johnson was a man who was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in the year of 1808.He worked for a tailor but ran away as a kid. He opened a tailor shop in what is called Greeneville, Tennessee, he also married a woman name Eliza McCardle. He also participated in the debates people had at the local academy. In the year of 1862 President Lincoln hired him as the Military Governor of Tennessee, and Johnson used the state as a laboratory for reconstruction. In the year 1864 the Republicans that were in the National Union Party was for just for all rich or royal men actually selected him to be the Vice President as a Southerner and a Democrat. After Abraham Lincoln's death, President Johnson actually continued to reconstruct the former Confederate States while the Congress was not in session in the year of 1865. After much more things he did in the year 1875 Tennessee made or returned Johnson as the Senate he died a couple of months later.
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- Andrew Johnson was the president during Reconstruction
- carpetbaggers came from the north to the south to gain money
- Was set up by Lincoln and carried out by Johnson
- Lasted from 1863 to 1877
- White southerners who supported the Reconstruction were called scalawags
- Reconstruction followed the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863