Flashcard sets with a 'andrew johnson' term meaning 'andrew johnson became president shortly after the shooting of president lincoln. he was in support of lincoln's lenient measures in terms of deciding when to readmit the states that had seceded. however, many delegates wanted to make it much harder for the southern states to be readmitted, and thus, they tried to impeach him. this failed, and he continued to be president the rest of his term'

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