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Andrew Johnson: Stitching up a torn country
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May 2, 2016
36:42
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What kind of president can repair America's deepest divisions? Michelle Krowl of the Library of Congress walks us through Andrew Johnson's time in office right after the Civil War and sheds light on why he struggled to bring the country together.