Question

Andrew Johnson was impeached primarily because 2 points (A) he was an alcoholic and made several major speeches while totally drunk. (B) angry Northern Congressmen resented the fact that Johnson, a Southerner (from Tennessee), had become president following Lincoln's death and was administering Southern Reconstruction. (C) members of Congress felt that Johnson's Reconstruction policies were too harsh and unfairly penalized former Confederate leaders trying to rebuild their homeland. (D) he demanded suffrage for blacks in addition to the abolition of slavery. (E) he obstructed the enforcement of congressional Reconstruction policies that he felt were too harsh.

Answer 1

The correct answer is "he obstructed the enforcement of congressional Reconstruction policies that he felt were too harsh."

President Andrew Johnson was impeached in 1868 after he removed Secretary of War Edwin Stanton from office without first getting approval from the US Senate. President Johnson was impeached because he had violated the Tenure of Office Act.

The main reason that Andrew Jackson was not convicted after he was impeached was that some Republicans did not want to upset the balance of government.

On February 24, 1868, Andrew Jhonson was impeached by Congress. He was the first United States President to be impeached. Indeed, the House of Representatives voted eleven articles of impeachment, and the decision was taken. On March 13, the impeachment trial began in the Senate. But the Senate did not achieve the two-thirds majority needed to convict Andrew Jackson.