Everyone loved him and called him a true patriot who risked everything just to stand with the Union in the Civil war. ... War broke out for Tennessee; Union victories made Federal in control. ... Most importantly, Johnson's strong commitment to obstructing political and civil rights for blacks is principally responsible for the failure of Reconstruction to solve the race problem in the South and perhaps in America as well. Johnson's decision to support the return of the pre-war social and economic system except for slavery cut short any hope for a redistribution of land to the fre...

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The era of Reconstruction was characterized by the attempt to restore the Union after the Civil War. ... After the Union won the Civil War in 1865, it was their job to begin the reconstruction of the Unites States. The Reconstruction Era started at the end of the Civil War in 1865 and ended in1877 (Reconstruction). ... Various political plans were proposed to deal with the South after the war. ... The whites regained control of Southern government, but the nation had shifted from the pre-war South to the industrial economy of the North. ...

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Lincoln was a scout captain in the Black Hawk War and Kennedy was a naval lieutenant in World War II. ... During their presidency, both were concerned about civil rights. President Lincoln told his side in the Emancipation Proclamation and President Kennedy reported to Congress on Civil Rights. ...

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