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How did andrew johnson’s ideas about reconstructing the south differ from ulysses s. Grant’s?.

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Grant believed Southern states should be granted leniency and Johnson believed Confederate leaders should be punished. Andrew Johnson granted individual pardons to many Southern rebels and Ulysses S. Grant believed Confederate leaders should lose their political rights.

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