President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Trial Primary Source Analysis

Students will read an account of President Johnson's impeachment trial during Reconstruction and answer 17 questions, including one relating this event to modern times. This would be great for a sub and the answers are included where appropriate!  ***UPDATED to include 3 extension tasks.*** 

Sample questions include:
--Discuss the change in feelings Radical Republicans had towards Johnson in the first two paragraphs.
--How would having the old elite in power prevent freedmen from having the rights the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments afforded them? Give examples to support your answer.
--Why was Senator Ross described as a “sphinx?”
--What concession did Johnson give in return for not being removed from office?
--What does it imply that tickets were sold for the impeachment trial?
--Was this a turning point in Reconstruction, why or why not?

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