Class Recap, 2/1, 2/4

On Friday in class, we read an obituary of Andrew Johnson. It was interesting to read because the writer tried to make it sound like he was a good President but all he had to write about was all the bills Johnson vetoed and denied. The writer talked about his impeachment and how he kept in office by one vote. It was strange because all that anybody needed to know about Anrew Johnson was in the writings calling for his death. From reading the obituary, anybody can could tell that Johnson was not the best for our country. Today in class, we took notes on Reconstruction and the white Southerners response. The powerpoint focused mostly on the KKK or the Ku Klux Klan, and what they did to the freedmen. There was a huge amount of controversy about merging the African Americans back into society, and making them equal. There were bills passed to make everyone equal but white business owners and white people all over that were getting aorund the laws by separating the blacks and whites. It was a hard time in America, because everyone was going so nutty about separate public places that they were not thinking about what was really important. It was an interesting class.