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Why was Andrew Johnson acquitted on charges of impeachment?

a. Johnsons lawyers assured moderate Republicans that he would behave for the rest of his term, so several voted to acquit him.

b. No one would testify against him.

c. Leading Radical Republican Benjamin Wade brilliantly managed the presidents defense.

d. Ulysses Grant urged Republicans to acquit Johnson because convicting him might hurt Grants chances in the presidential election.

e. Many feared a constitutional crisis because, without a vice president in office, no one knew who would succeed Johnson as president.

ANS: A TOP: The Making of Radical Reconstruction

DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 568 | Seagull pp. 584

MSC: Remembering OBJ: 2. Describe the sources, goals, and competing visions for Reconstruction.

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