1. What are TWO central ideas of this text?
A Northerners and Southerners wanted to put the war
quickly behind them and return to peace.
President Johnson wanted to punish the South for its
rebellion but Congress limited his power to do so.
C Many Northerners wanted to punish the
Southerners for their treason and defiance.
Reconstruction ended in a stalemate, with neither
the Republicans nor Democrats wielding significant
power in the South,
President Johnson was impeached for continuously
working against Congress by not only vetoing their
approved laws, but defying new approved, legal
legislation.
It was fortunate that that President Johnson was not
removed from office because it would have set a
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