Reconstruction and Presidents Andrew Johnson and Ulysses Grant

Andrew Johnson

17th President

Served: 1865-1869

Party: Democrat

Events in Presidency: Became President after the death of Lincoln

as we are studying Johnson and the reconstruction period.

They had fun dressing up.

We went through the museum and saw a model of his tailor's shop in action (Did you know the tailors sat on the tables while they worked?)...

and saw the real shop.

They had one of the tailor's irons so that you could see just how heavy they were.

They had to stop and have some fun with the leaves between sites.

An early home of Johnson's. I just love the fall leaves through the windows.

The boys worked in their Junior Ranger booklets...

and received their Junior Ranger badges.

Then we toured Johnson's homestead.

It is preserved beautifully and the tour was the best tour I have ever taken.

Alex's notebook page, from Homeschool Share's Presidents lapbook

Ulysses S Grant

18th President

Served: 1869-1877

Party: Republican

Pre-presidency: Entered the military at West Point

Lieutenant in the Mexican-American War

General for the Union during the Civil War

Events in Presidency: Reconstruction period for the United States

Ratified the 15th amendment establishing voting rights for all

Promoted severe punishment for the Ku Klux Klan

Made Christmas a federal holiday

Post-presidency: Spent 2 years traveling the world with his wife

Went bankrupt, but Mark Twain offered him a generous

amount of money for his memoirs

Had throat cancer, but finished his memoirs right before

he died, leaving his family cared for

mausoleum in North America

Namesakes: $50 bill

Grant Memorial on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

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