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Feb 9, 2010 · Learn about the first and only impeachment of a U.S. president in 1868, over his removal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Find out the details of the impeachment process, the trial and the outcome.
- Missy Sullivan
The impeachment and trial of Andrew Johnson had important political implications for the balance of federal legislative-executive power. It maintained the principle that Congress should not remove the president from office simply because its members disagreed with him over policy, style, and administration of the office.
Review key terms and concepts from APUSH Chapter 23, covering Reconstruction and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Learn about the Freedmen's Bureau, the Ten Percent Plan, the Wade-Davis Plan, the Black Codes, and more.
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Learn how Congress passed the Reconstruction Acts to transform the South after the Civil War and how President Johnson was impeached for defying them. Explore the goals, challenges, and outcomes of Radical Reconstruction and the impeachment trial.
Mar 2, 2017 · Learn about the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson in 1868, a result of political conflict and the rupture of ideologies after the Civil War. Find out why Johnson was impeached, how the trial went, and what happened afterward.
Learn about the historical background, chronology, and outcome of the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson, who was acquitted by one vote in 1868. Explore the articles of impeachment, the defense team, the procedural issues, and the precedents set by this case.
Learn how Johnson clashed with Congress over his policies for the South after Lincoln's assassination and faced impeachment in 1868. Explore the legal, political, and historical context of the first presidential impeachment in American history.
