Andrew Johnson Administration - Domestic Issues
Domestic Issues
As the American Civil War (1861–65) drew to a close, there remained hard regional feelings. The economy slowed down when the war ended and the South was concerned about whether its agrarian economy could survive without slavery. The western regions of the country sought funding to build a transcontinental railroad linking the mountains and the far West to the markets of the Midwest and the eastern seaboard. However, Reconstruction was the central issue with which the young country was preoccupied during the Johnson administration.
Reconstruction
The most important issue by far that faced Johnson during his administration was what to do with the defeated states of the former Confederacy, the collective name for the southern states that had seceded from the Union. The key issues were who would govern the southern states, how the...
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