Andrew Johnson veto of Civil Rights Act of 1866
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The Andrew Johnson veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 was President Johnson’s attempt to block landmark legislation granting citizenship and equal civil rights to formerly enslaved people, which Congress ultimately overrode in a major assertion of legislative authority during Reconstruction.
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