Andrew Johnson
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Lesson Plans:
The
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson - A simulation game giving President
Andrew Johnson a retrial. First hand documents are used. The students
will take on the roles of the key players in this great historical
event.
Presidential
Advisory Committee to Andrew Johnson
- This lesson is a simulation of a meeting that "could have
happened" in history. You have been asked by President Andrew
Johnson to serve on a committee that will advise him on a "Reconstruction"
program for the South and to propose suggestions about what the United
States government should do about African Americans. This lesson will
have groups of students' role play various members advising President
Johnson in order for him to enact some policy decisions regarding
African Americans.
A
Reconstruction Lesson Plan - The twelve years following the Civil
War carried vast consequences for the nation’s future. They
helped set the pattern for future race relations and defined the federal
government’s role in promoting racial equality.
Primary Source Documents:
Impeachment
of Andrew Johnson - View the actual impeachment document signed
by the Congress in 1868.
Andrew
Johnson's Obituary - From page 1 of The New York Times, August
1, 1875. The obituary of Andrew Johnson contains a quick sketch of
his life.
Andrew
Johnson's Amnesty Proclamation - On the 29th of May President
Johnson issued a proclamation granting amnesty to all persons who
have directly or indirectly taken part in the rebellion, with the
restoration of all rights of property except as to slaves, and except
in cases where legal proceedings have been instituted for the confiscation
of property, on condition of their taking an oath to defend the Constitution
of the United States and the Union of the States, and to obey all
laws and proclamations which have been made during the rebellion with
reference to the emancipation of slaves
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