Andrew Johnson

Question 1

Restoration

Answer 1

Wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_Andrew_Johnson’s_restoration_plan

• -Johnson believed that Restoration meant rebuilding the nation, restoring loyalty to the union, and abolishing slavery
• -2 proclamations requiring white Southerners to take loyalty oaths to regain rights and property (excluding slaves) and outlining terms for a states readmission into the country

Question 2

13th Amendment

Answer 2

http: //en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_ammendment
- -Outlaws Slavery and Involuntary Servitude
- -Passed on April 8th 1864
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Question 3

First Civil Rights Act

Answer 3

http: //en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_(1866)
- -Intended to protect the rights of African Americans in the wake of the Civil War
- -Enacted April 8th 1866
- -Andrew Johnson vetoed the bill twice but it was passed with a two-thirds majority in each house

Question 4

Seward’s Folly

Answer 4

http: //en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seward’s_Folly
- -The Purchase of Alaska by the United States from Russia in 1867
- -Russia wanted to sell it before a possible war with Britain would allow them to seize it.

Question 5

Tenure of Office Act 1867

Answer 5

http: //en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenure_of_Office_Act_(1867)
- -Federal Law intended to restrict the power of the President to remove certain office holders without the approval of the Senate
- -Enacted on March 3rd 1867

Question 6

14th Amendment Act

Answer 6

http: //en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
- -Provides broad definition of Citizenship, and overrules Dred Scott v. Sanford decision that no African American could be a citizen

Question 7

Johnson’s Impeachment and Trial

Answer 7

http: //en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Andrew_Johnson
- -The primary charge against him was his violation of the Tenure of Office Act (he replaced the Sec. of War)
- -Feb. 24th 1868