Andrew Johnson The Reconstructionist 1865 1869 Chief Legislator

Andrew Johnson The Reconstructionist 1865 -1869

Chief Legislator �Congress renewed the Freedman’s Bureau- vetoed �Senator Lyman Trumbull of Illinois- Civil rights Bill �March 27 - vetoed � 11 out of 36 states – unrepresented �Senate 33: 15 and House 182: 41 �Fourteenth Amendment- granted citizenship to everyone- vetoed Grade: F

Chief Executive �Secretary of State Edwin Stanton removed �Adjutant- General Lorenzo Thomas �Tenure of Office Act- March 1867 by Congress �Senate and its approval of the new person to a civil office �Thomas still tried to move into the office �Stanton had Thomas arrested �Three days later- Johnson was impeached Grade: F

Head of State �Stated that government is only for white man �Blockade of the Fourteenth Amendment- citizenship for blacks Grade: F

Chief of Party �Democratic Party favored Johnson approach on the issues about Blacks �Congress were mostly Republicans �President Lincoln was a Republican Grade: C

Guardian of the Economy �Favored a quick reconstruction of the South Grade: A

Chief Diplomat �Secretary of State- Seward �April 9, 1867 - Purchase Alaska- $7. 2 million �Tension with Britain and its colonies was present after war �Fenians- Irish- Americans civil war veterans invaded into Canada �Johnson ordered these Fenians- Irish to disarm and barred them from crossing the borders �Canadian Confederation- fear of American takeover Grade: B