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「强森总统的大跃进」：写于1865年他担任总统的时候
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安德鲁．强森 (Andrew
Johnson) 总统于1808年12月29日生于北卡罗来那州的罗利 (Raleigh)
虽然强森是民主党员，而亚伯拉罕．林肯是共和党员，两年之后，林肯还是选择强森担任他的竞选搭档。当林肯在1865年4月遭到暗杀之后，强森以副总统之位继任总统一职。在外交事务上，强森处理得相当顺利。但是在国内事务上，强森却面临了严重的危机。当他试着要重建因为内战而衰败的国家时，北方激进的共和党员认为他对南方的态度不够强硬。政府内部的政治斗争越演越烈，国会后来在1868年2月时竟然投票决定弹劾强森。几个月之后，参议院以一票之差宣布强森无罪。强森虽然得以完成他的总统任期，但是遭到弹劾的事实却一直留在他的回忆里。
Two years later, Johnson became Abraham Lincoln's running mate, despite the fact that he was a Democrat and Lincoln was a Republican. After Lincoln's assassination in April 1865, Johnson went from vice president to president. In foreign affairs, things went fairly smoothly. But at home, Johnson faced a crisis. Trying to reconstruct the country after the Civil War, radical Northern Republicans thought his policies toward the South were not harsh enough. Ill will and deep political disagreements ended with Congress voting to impeach (accuse of high crimes) Johnson in February 1868. A few months later, the Senate acquitted Johnson of the impeachment charges by just one vote. He served the remainder of his presidential term, but the brand of impeachment has traveled with his memory.
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