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The Radical Republicans wanted to impeach Tennessee-native President Andrew Johnson because they perceived him to be a Southern sympathizer who wanted to allow the Southern states that had seceded back into the Union immediately and almost unconditionally. They saw Johnson as a threat to their Reconstruction plans.
The conflict over Reconstruction was the underlying reason for Johnson's impeachment; the stated reason for impeachment was that he violated the 1867 Tenure of Office Act by (attempting to) fire Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, among other things.
In February 1868, the US House of Representatives voted to bring eleven articles of impeachment against Johnson. He was later acquitted at his Senate trial.
Lela Lemke
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∙ 13y agoIt was not the South that wanted to impeach Johnson.
The Southern states that had seceded were not represented in Congress at the impeachment trial. Both senators from TN voted to acquit as did both senators from MD and one from MO. Johnson was perceived as a Southern supporter since he was from TN and since he favored Lincoln's plan to not punishing the South for seceding.
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∙ 7y agoThey did not like his reconstruction plan
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Who did president Johnson want to punish?
Andrew Johnson did not seek to punish the south as harshly as Congress wanted to at the time. This was a major sore spot for congress and one of the reasons that would eventually lead to the house impeaching the president.
Why did president Johnson not want to allow Vietnam to go communist?
fear if 'domino theory' (spread of communism around the world, especialy south-east asia and the us)
Do want to impeach CJ CORONA?
yes
Did new president Andrew Johnson want to get rid of Lincoln's plan for reconstruction after president Abraham Lincoln's assassination?
no
Did the radical republicans want a harsher policy towards the defeated South than President Johnson desired?
Yes, they wanted to punish the South and treat them as a defeated enemy rather than trying to get the back into the union as painlessly as possible,
What US president said I Want to be the president who helped to end war among the brothers of this earth?
Lyndon Baines Johnson
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yes he did, just kidding I don't know
What document did president Andrew Johnson want a copy of under his head upon his burial?
his doucument was of the consitution.
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To expand the U.S. military presence in Vietnam
What document did president Andrew Johnson want a copy of placed under his head upon burial?
Johnson is buried with his head resting on a copy of the US Constitution.
Who did President Lincoln want as his first General but he did not want to go against his homeside?
President Lincoln wanted Robert. E. Lee was his first choice but did not want to because Lee was from the south side and later became General for the South.
Where did president jackson want to resettle the indians of the south?
Arkansas and Oklahoma
