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Johnson's Presidency

If you have any test reviews, homeworks, guides, anything school related that you think can be posted on this website, reach out to me at makingschooleasier@gmail.com   1. Why was Johnson impeached? 2. How did Republicans govern the South? 3. What was a scalawag and a carpetbagger? 4. How did the KKK terrorize black southerners? 5. How did education and churches benefit African-Americans? 6. How did the lack of land ownership harm freedmen? 1. The impeachment of President Johnson was a political act by the Republicans of Congress to protect the Radical Republicans in his cabinet. Law was passed that the President could not dismiss a federal official or military commander without the consent of the Senate, but Johnson went on and did so in removing Secretary of War Edwin Stanton who was in charge of military governments in the South. This action by Johnson led the House to impeach him for committing 11 “high crimes and misdemeanors.” 2. Under t