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The Struggle Between President Johnson and Congress Over Reconstruction

Charles Ernest Chadsey · 1896

An 1896 academic study examining the conflict between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction policy.

This academic study analyzes Johnson's theory of Reconstruction and his conflict with Congress.

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Charles Ernest Chadsey, The Struggle Between President Johnson and Congress Over Reconstruction. Columbia University, 1896.

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This 1896 scholarly study by Charles Ernest Chadsey, published as part of a Columbia University series on political science and history, examines the struggle between Andrew Johnson and Congress over how to carry out Reconstruction after the Civil War. It includes a bibliography of sources.

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Written decades after Johnson's presidency, this study reflects how a later generation of scholars analyzed the disagreements between Johnson, who favored a quicker, lenient restoration of the South, and Congress, which pushed for stronger protections and changes. It helps students see Reconstruction as a contest over competing theories of how to rebuild the nation.

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