All of the Following Were Reasons the Senate Voted to Acquit

question 48

Multiple Choice

All of the following were reasons the Senate voted to acquit President Andrew Johnson except

• A) opposition to abusing the constitutional system of checks and balances.
• B) concern about the high-tariff, soft-money, and pro-labor views of radical Republican Benjamin Wade who would become president if President Johnson were convicted by the Senate.
• C) fears of creating a politically destabilizing and uncertain period of time in the nation.
• D) President Johnson promised to obstruct some of the Republican policies in return for remaining in office.
• E) President Johnson promised not to run for president in 1868 if acquitted.

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Definitions:

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Mackintosh's Attentional Theory

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