History of the United States I / Unit 16 USH1 2275 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Swing Around the Circle
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The idea
Johnson called openly for the amendment's rejection and made a late-summer speaking tour known as the swing around the circle.
In practice
His position that ending slavery was enough and that citizenship protections went much too far.
Where people slip
He continued to believe Black people were inferior to White people. Hecklers provoked damaging statements, Radicals charged he had been drunk, and his reputation plummeted.
Your place on the trail
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