Was Andrew Johnson A Success Or A Failure

Ever since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, America was in turmoil. And when Andrew Johnson went into office, being the vice-president at the time. He had much to do to finish what Lincoln started such as the reconstruction of the south and how to enforce the emancipation proclamation. Andrew had many different views from the president being a democrat at the time such as black suppression and reconstruction. Johnson failed the tasks at hand. Doing so caused more turmoil in the country, making the following presidents fix the issues Johnson caused.Andrew Johnson was born on December 29, 1808 in Raleigh, North Carolina . He lived in the a same log cabin with his mother, Mary Johnson and his brother William. Life was hard for the same family

During his life he was very involved. Because of his business success he became the mayor of Greenville. Later on he became the first Democrat from Tennessee to be elected. Andrew Johnson declared that slavery was essential to the preservation of the Union. Johnson spread his thoughts of conservatism. In 1856, an election neared and Johnson thought of running but wasn't up for the job. But Johnson did run foo the U.S. Senate. Because his group had control of the senate it helped him get in but his campaign was hard. Many people disliked Andrew. When Johnson was in the senate he created the Homestead Act, which gives ownership of land for little cost. Many southerners disliked the bill because they would be afraid that the land would go to poor people or immigrants. When the war started, Johnson stayed in office even when Tennessee seceded. Because of this Johnson became a hero in the north. Later on they made Johnson Military Governor of Tennessee. Later in a presidential party Johnson was admitted for vice-president.Lincoln's plan was to restore the south to its former glory but was also to try to make the south more

This would of helps the reconnect of the Confederates and the Union. Many Radicals thought that the plan was to leant to the the Confederates. The radicals then passed a bill called the the Andrew Johnson's plan was more serve to the southerners, by making fun of the "plater arisotcracy" which please the radicals. He also blocked all former military and civil officers from voting. He also took land of the officers, and was meant to shift the political control from big companys to small farmers, like the how he grew up. Because of all these action Johnson messed up his reputation in the south Johnson put his plans into operation, and the south ratified the Thirteenths Amendment, freedom for blacks! No, power was kept by the whites. Johnson wanted to rekindle his relationship with the south, in doing so he created black codes. Black codes are rules such that restrict blacks from doing what a regular white man would do. Such as getting a new job or going to church. This allowed southerners to remain in control. Many blacks didn't abide by the black codes, but blacks in the south have it harder in that they had limited amounts of money, so white southerns made a deal that if blacks worked on their farms, they would be removed from the black