RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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A person opposed to removing thepresident
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A person in favor or removing thepresident
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A person opposed to the Civil War
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A person in favor ofReconstruction
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Detailed explanation-1: -The primary charge against Johnson was that he had violated the Tenure of Office Act. Specifically, that he had acted to remove from office Edwin Stanton and to replace him with Brevet Major General Lorenzo Thomas as secretary of war ad interim.
Detailed explanation-2: -Senate deliberated in closed session on articles of impeachment. Senate voted 35 to 19 to acquit on article 11. Senate voted 35 to 19 to acquit on articles 2 and 3. Senate acquitted Johnson and adjourned as court of impeachment.
Detailed explanation-3: -The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.