What are TWO central ideas of this text?
A. Northerners and Southerners wanted to put the war quickly behind them and return to peace.
B. President Johnson wanted to punish the South for its rebellion but Congress limited his power to do so.
• C. Many Northerners wanted to punish the Southerners for their treason and defiance.
• D. Reconstructipn ended in a stalemate, with neither the Republicans nor Democrats wielding significant power in the South.
E. President Johnson was impeached for continuously working against Congress by not only vetoing their approved laws, but defying new approved, legal legislation.
F. It was fortunate that that President Johnson was not removed from office because it would have set a dangerous precedent for American politics