How did Congressional Republicans react when Andrew Johnson blocked Reconstruction efforts? They convinced the Supreme Court to
declare his actions unconstitutional. They halted Reconstruction efforts because they realized they would be unable to make them happen. They pressured him to resign and then replaced him with someone who supported Reconstruction. They impeached him but were unable to remove him as president.
How did Congress react to the presidential Reconstruction of Johnson?
Moderate Responses
The Radical-controlled Congress, however, rejected Johnson's moderate presidential Reconstruction, and organized the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, a 15-member panel that devised Reconstruction requirements for the Southern states to be restored to the Union.
