Johnson Was Narrowly Acquitted on the Impeachment Charges Ultimately Because

question 70

Multiple Choice

Johnson was narrowly acquitted on the impeachment charges ultimately because

• A) Secretary of War Edwin Stanton aided Johnson's defense by spying on congressional prosecutors.
• B) radical Republicans recognized that Johnson's successor would be worse.
• C) many people favored destabilizing the federal government.
• D) sufficient numbers of Republican senators recognized that the impeachment charges were legally dubious and politically charged and voted "not guilty."
• E) Johnson promised to reverse his Reconstruction policies and adopt all of the radical Republicans' positions.

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