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"It is plain that an indefinite or permanent exclusion of any
part of the country from representation must be attended by a
spirit of disquiet and complaint. It is unwise and dangerous
to pursue a course of measures which will unite a very large
section of the country against another section of the country,
however much the latter may preponderate". Andrew Johnson
The civil war is over and the United States
faced tremendous problems. What were they going to do with the
freed slaves? How were they going to revive the devastated
economies of the south? Who would lead the southern states?
How would the rebellious states be returned to the Union?
These and other problems needed to be dealt with however the
Lincoln,
main figure of the reconstruction, was killed
and the job was left to his successors. America went through a
trying period of corruption, disappointment and confusion.
