Why Did the House of Representatives Impeach President Johnson

question 42

Multiple Choice

Why did the House of Representatives impeach President Johnson?

• A) because he dismissed officers in the southern military districts
• B) because he challenged the Tenure in Office Act by removing the Secretary of War
• C) because he vetoed the First and Second Reconstruction Acts
• D) because he attempted to abolish the Freedmen's Bureau
• E) because he opposed the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment

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