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The U.S. Civil War and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln happened after Franklin Pierce became president but before Andrew Johnson was impeached. Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States and served his term from March 4, 1853 to March 4, 1857. Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States and served his term from April 15, 1865 to April 15, 1869, he was impeached on February 24, 1868. In that decade the U.S. Civil War occurred from 1861-1865.
Abraham Lincoln was president while the 13th Amendment was going through the Senate and the House, but he was assassinated before it was officially adopted. Andrew Johnson was president while the 13th and 14th Amendments were adopted, and Ulysses S. Grant was president while the 15th Amendment was adopted.
Before the 12th amendment, the person with the highest number of votes became president and the person with the second highest number of votes became vice president. Because of this president Lincoln was a Republican and his vice president Johnson was a Democrat.
Caused open war between Washington and Hanoi.
"Old Hickory", because it is said that he was as "tough as old hickory" wood on the battlefield.