RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the House of Representatives
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any citizen of the United States
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the President
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Article I, Section 2, Clause 5: The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
Detailed explanation-2: -In impeachment proceedings, the House of Representatives charges an official of the federal government by approving, by majority vote, articles of impeachment. A committee of representatives, called “managers, ” acts as prosecutors before the Senate.
Detailed explanation-3: -If a federal official commits a crime or otherwise acts improperly, the House of Representatives may impeach-formally charge-that official. If the official subsequently is convicted in a Senate impeachment trial, he is removed from office.
Detailed explanation-4: -First, the House investigates through an impeachment inquiry. Second, the House of Representatives must pass, by a simple majority of those present and voting, articles of impeachment, which constitute the formal allegation or allegations. Upon passage, the defendant has been “impeached".