... The first was Lincoln, the second was Andrew Johnson, and the third was Congressional Reconstruction. After the civil war, South cities were seriously destroyed in 1865, and North cities were not affected. In economic aspect, economic life had come to a stop. Andrew Johnson became president after Lincoln's assassination in 1864. Johnson was Lincoln's vice-president and the only chief executive to be impeached by the House ... also favored the use of federal power to alter the Southern economic system. Radical Republicans, comprised of Northern politicians, were strongly opposed to slaver...

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