A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . f republicanismas here maintained. New States.—During the war two new States were ad-mitted to the Union, West Virginia, already named, and, in1864, Nevada, whose population had grown rapidly fromthe discovery of rich silver-mines within its borders. PART X. DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW NATION. I. ^obnsons H^mini0tration. The New Presidents Position.—On April 15, 1865, threehours after Lincohis hfe had ended, Andrew Johnson quietly assumed his place and beganto perform the duties of the new President was a man of
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . f republicanismas here maintained. New States.—During the war two new States were ad-mitted to the Union, West Virginia, already named, and, in1864, Nevada, whose population had grown rapidly fromthe discovery of rich silver-mines within its borders. PART X. DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW NATION. I. ^obnsons H^mini0tration. The New Presidents Position.—On April 15, 1865, threehours after Lincohis hfe had ended, Andrew Johnson quietly assumed his place and beganto perform the duties of the new President was a man of posi-tive convictions and strong will, quali-ties which soon brought him intohostility with Congress. His positionwas one of the greatest difficulty, andhis vigorous adherence to his personalviews simply added to the difficulty,without enabling him to carry out oneof his proposed measures. Congress,which would have acted in concertwith Lincoln, acted in opposition to Johnson, and was forcedinto severer measures than it would probably have adoptedhad Lincoln Andrew Johnson. Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth United States Presment, wasborn in North Carolina in 1808. His educational advantages weremeagre, but he took every opportunity to study during his apprentice-ship to a tailor. He learned to write after his marriage. Enteringpolitical life, he occupied several State offices, was sent to Congress in1843, and afterward served as governor of Tennessee and as UnitedStates Senator. He was an ardent Democrat, but strongly opposed the412 JOHNSONS ADMINISTRATION. 413 The Thirteenth Amendment.—In February, 1865, whilethe war was still in progress, Congress passed a bill addinga Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the UnitedStates. This amendment abolished slavery within theUnion, completing the work of Lincolns Emancipation Proc-lamation. It was adopted by the requisite three-fourths ofthe States during the year, and became a law December 18,1865. Loyal State G
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