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Question 7 • 26-27 SS US/AZ History 1 CR – (YR) Schroeder, A US/AZ HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY 1(9)

Which of the following statements is true regarding the impeachment of President Johnson?

Answer

Johnson was impeached and removed from office a year before the end of his term

Johnson was impeached, but Congress was not able to remove him from office because of a lack of supporting votes.

Johnson resigned before he could be impeached and removed from office.

Explanation

Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House of Representatives in 1868, but the Senate fell one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict and remove him from office. He therefore remained president until his term ended in 1869. Choice B correctly describes the outcome; he was neither removed nor did he resign.

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