Question

Why do you think President Johnson allowed Sothern states to rejoin the Union so easily?

Answer 1

Johnson believed in the abolition of slavery, but he did not believe in equal rights for African Americans . Johnson made it so that all southern states had to ratify the 13th amendment (that outlawed slavery in the USA) , to be readmitted into the union.

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Answer 2

President Andrew Johnson held strong pro state rights views, so he likely was sympathetic towards the attempted confederacy. He was also a Democratic slave owner, who was probably empathetic towards the plantation owners who lost their slaves after the emancipation proclamation.