History of the United States I / Unit 16 USH1 2260 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Andrew Johnson
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The idea
Johnson was born into North Carolina poverty without formal education, was taught to read by his wife, and was apprenticed as a tailor.
In practice
His rise in Tennessee as a speaker and defender of poor southerners.
Where people slip
When Tennessee seceded he alone stayed loyal in the Senate, and Republicans nominated him for vice president to appeal to War Democrats.
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