Ford’s Theatre, Washington DC, April 16, 1865

Who is holding the gun?

How did this event affect the period of Reconstruction?

 

"Resolved, That Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors" was adopted by a vote of 126 yeas to 47 nays.

How many people in the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Johnson?

 

Why was President Johnson impeached?

 

Unreconstructed Rebel
Barry Taylor

 

Oh, I'm a good old Rebel,
Now that's just what I am;
For this "fair land of Freedom"
I do not care a damn.
I'm glad I fit against it-
I only wish we'd won.
And I don't want no pardon
For anything I've done.

I hates the Constitution,
This great Republic too;
I hates the Freedmen's Buro,
In uniforms of blue.
I hates the nasty eagle,
With all his brag and fuss;
But the lyin', thievin' Yankees
I hates' em wuss and wuss.
 

What is Barry Taylor's opinion of the union?

What changes were taking place in the south that Barry Taylor did not like?

 

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