Presidentual Report Card

Presidential Report Card

Name of President: Andrew Johnson

Number of Presidency: 17th

Years in Office: 4 years (1 term)

In the following ten categories, grade your president from an A to an F. (You may “acknowledge” border-line grades with a – or a +). You will need to give a 50 word justification as to why your candidate scored as they did.

 

   I gave him great grades for the most part because I believe he tried very hard at being President. After President Lincoln died, he tried his best to get America to get back to "normal." I believe he was an admirable president because he obviously had strength and tried hard to help America cope with the loss of Abraham Lincoln.

Category	Grade	Comments
Ability to handle and deal with a crisis	A+	He was the guy who took over Presidentcy after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
Ability to work with Congress and Cabinet	A	He obviously worked very well with Congress and the Cabinet to reign in America after the assassination.
Character and Integrity	A	He had to have a lot of character to make sure the police caught John Wilkes Booth.
Education	A+	Even though he was formerly a tailor shop owner, he was a champion at politics in Tennessee.
Empathy	A	He had to have had empathy for America after the loss of Abraham Lincoln.
Foreign Policy	B	I'm not sure if there was much foreign affairs going on at the time. At least, there was none mentioned.
Relates to the common man	A-	He definitely would because he was formerly a tailor before getting into politics. Although, he was viewed as a traitor to the South.
Persuasiveness	C	Somehow he had managed Tennessee to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment; after two violent riots.
Political Experience	A+	He had a lot of previous experience because he was one of the best people for debate.
Public speaking & Communication	A+	He was a champion at debation.