sep 6, 1867 - Johnson and Reconstruction: Johnson's Vetoes; Election of 1866: "waving the bloody shirt"

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President Johnson vetoed a bill which increased the services and protection offered by the Freedman’s Bureau, and vetoed a civil rights bill that nullified the black codes and granted full citizenship and equal rights to African Americans. In the election of 1866, Johnson took to the campaign trail, Republicans, trying to gain more seats in Congress for the Democrats. To combat these attacks, Republicans employed the tactic known as “waving the bloody shirt” in which they used the reminder of the Civil War as a way to get Northern voters to vote Republican and not Democratic as the South was, branding the Democratic party as a party of rebellion and treason. The Republicans gained house majority in the election, and soon held much power over the president.


Significance: This is significant because it began a legacy of using the Civil War against the democrats.

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