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「強森總統的大躍進」：寫於1865年他擔任總統的時候
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安德魯‧強森 (Andrew
Johnson) 總統於1808年12月29日生於北卡羅來那州的羅利 (Raleigh)
雖然強森是民主黨員，而亞伯拉罕‧林肯是共和黨員，兩年之後，林肯還是選擇強森擔任他的競選搭檔。當林肯在1865年4月遭到暗殺之後，強森以副總統之位繼任總統一職。在外交事務上，強森處理得相當順利。但是在國內事務上，強森卻面臨了嚴重的危機。當他試著要重建因為內戰而衰敗的國家時，北方激進的共和黨員認為他對南方的態度不夠強硬。政府內部的政治鬥爭越演越烈，國會後來在1868年2月時竟然投票決定彈劾強森。幾個月之後，參議院以一票之差宣佈強森無罪。強森雖然得以完成他的總統任期，但是遭到彈劾的事實卻一直留在他的回憶裡。
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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