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Why did republican in Congress want to impeach Andrew Johnson?

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They were angry about his attempts to block their laws

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He kind of helped the KKK and the South wasn't really changing under his presidency.

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Andrew Johnson had a plan that the Radical Republicans thought was too easy on the South. As a result, Johnson turned on the Radical Republicans.

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