One side was very left and republican while the other wasn't
Explanation:
Andrew Johnson granted individual pardons to many Southern rebels and Ulysses S. Grant believed Confederate leaders should lose their political rights.
Andrew Johnson did not support legislation to help the freedmen and Ulysses S. Grant supported legislation to help the freedmen.
Grant believed Southern states should be granted leniency and Johnson believed Confederate leaders should be punished
Andrew Johnson vetoed the Civil Rights bill and Ulysses S. Grant overturned the Black Codes.
