What Were the Key Elements of President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction

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Essay

What were the key elements of President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policies that stirred objections from congressional Republicans? Why did congressional leaders so strongly object to those policies?

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Definitions:

Ordinal

Relating to a categorical ranking or ordering of data where the order of the values is significant, but the differences between them are not necessarily consistent or known.

Ratio

A quantitative relationship between two numbers, showing how many times the first number contains the second.

Ratio Scale

A scale of measurement that has a true zero point and equal distances between adjacent units, allowing for meaningful comparison of ratios of scale values.

Variable

A characteristic, number, or quantity that can be measured or quantified and can vary among subjects being observed.