The cause of the final confrontation between President Johnson and Congress, which led to the impeachment of the president, was
A. Johnson's violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
B. the passage and violation of the Tenure of Office Act.
C. Johnson's appointment of Edwin Stanton as Secretary of War.
D. the passage of the Reconstruction Act.
Answer: B
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Explain how blacks responded to their former masters after the Civil War had ended
What will be an ideal response?
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a. France before 1789 did not have a self-conscious bourgeois class with aspirations of control of the state. b. the bourgeois sought to acquire noble status rather than eliminate it. c. many nobles were involved in business areas traditionally considered the province of the bourgeoisie. d. some nobles shared with the bourgeois the liberal values of the Enlightenment. e. all of the above
Why was the Dred Scott case so destructive for national unity?
What will be an ideal response?