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Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson was Lincolns successor when he was assassinated. During the war, Johnson owned slaves and seemed to be more of a southerner than a northern republican. During his time in office, he was hated by many northerners and freed slaves for his terrible decisions. It seemed as though he tried to make the South happier than the whole country. He had the chance to pass the Civil Rights Act and he vetoed that, he also had the chance to pardoned many Confederate leaders who were in jail from the war and let them go back to their homes with no record of them being caught. he was supposedly an abolitionist, but no

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