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... Congress resisted both the President's action and his leniency , and refused to seat members of Congress from such states . By 1864 they secured passage of the Wade - Davis bill to provide far more stringent conditions , including ...
... Congress resisted both the President's action and his leniency , and refused to seat members of Congress from such states . By 1864 they secured passage of the Wade - Davis bill to provide far more stringent conditions , including ...
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... Congress versus President . Johnson's opponents in Con- gress , strengthened by the election returns , carried on a drum- fire of criticism and hostile legislation against the President . They connived with his subordinates , notably ...
... Congress versus President . Johnson's opponents in Con- gress , strengthened by the election returns , carried on a drum- fire of criticism and hostile legislation against the President . They connived with his subordinates , notably ...
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... Congress would be over- whelmingly Republican . Whatever the voters ' intent , the elec- tion buried American cooperation with the League . ( See Read- ing No. 17. ) New Policies and Problems . President Harding's prescrip- tion for ...
... Congress would be over- whelmingly Republican . Whatever the voters ' intent , the elec- tion buried American cooperation with the League . ( See Read- ing No. 17. ) New Policies and Problems . President Harding's prescrip- tion for ...
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Crisis and a New Party | 7 |
1856 | 15 |
The Rise of Lincoln | 23 |
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Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell No preview available - 2007 |