Which president came into conflict with Stevens during Reconstruction?
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Rutherford B. Hayes
Answer
President Andrew Johnson, the successor of Abraham Lincoln, became entangled in conflicts with Thaddeus Stevens, a staunch advocate of Radical Reconstruction policies during the post-Civil War era. Stevens, as the leader of the Radical Republicans in Congress, fiercely clashed with Johnson's more lenient approach towards the defeated Confederate states.
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