Question

peaching johnson

• fearing johnson’s power, congress passed the _
• johnson would need approval from the senate to remove officials from office
• johnson attempted to fire secretary of war _, which would remove all radical republicans from his cabinet
• stanton barricaded himself in his office for _, refusing to leave out of fear that johnson would remove him from office
• the house of representatives voted to _ johnson due to violating the tenure of office act
• the senate failed to impeach johnson by a single vote, allowing johnson to remain in office
• johnson promised to enforce radical reconstruction, and did so for the remainder of his presidency

the reconstruction amendments

• with the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments added to the constitution, the _ amendment was now the final “_ amendment” to be passed
• union general _ won the election of 1868 by a small margin
• republicans wanted to secure the african american vote to win elections, and passed the

Explanation:

This is about the political events related to the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction - era politics. Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act to limit Johnson's power. Edwin Stanton was the Secretary of War whom Johnson tried to fire. The House of Representatives voted to impeach Johnson. The Reconstruction Amendments include the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and the Fifteenth Amendment was the final one of that era. Ulysses S. Grant won the 1868 election.

Answer:

• Tenure of Office Act
• Edwin Stanton
• impeach
• Fifteenth
• Ulysses S. Grant