Gunny
Gold Member
Yes he is.He's not wrong.
Two things wrong with that, the first is it isn't true, Blacks did not have to endure Jim Crowe in the north at that time. The second is it isn't what I said.The fact is, blacks in the North were no better off than blacks in the South.
Doesn't change the fact that Johnson allowed the same southerners who rebelled back into power, nor did he lift a finger to stop the birth of orgs like the clan.White America was openly racist at the time. Those that were not were a small minority.
There is a reason why we call him the worst president in history.Andrew Johnson was guilty of nothing more than trying to implement Lincoln's plan.
You are incorrect. Jim Crow Laws did not exist until after Reconstruction ended. Blacks DID suffer the SAME racial prejudice in the North they did in the South.
Johnson did not allow the Southerners who rebelled back into power as my link above clearly points out.
IMO, he was not the worst President in US History. Since Congress emasculated him and usurped his authority, that is a factually incorrect judgment.