The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction

CHAPTER II. JOHNSON'S THEORY: THE EXPERIMENT AND ITS RESULTS.

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1. Conditions at Accession of Johnson 28

2. Lincoln _vs._ Johnson 28

3. Johnson's views before Accession 29

4. Speeches in the Spring after his Accession 30

5. Secret of his Attitude 32

6. Development of his Theory 34

7. Attitude towards Enfranchisement of the Negro 41

8. Legislative Action in the South 42

9. The Defense of the South 46

10. Effect of the Attitude of the South upon the North 47