The House impeached President Johnson for

Question

A. refusing to veto Reconstruction acts.
B. failing to execute the laws Congress had passed.
C. trying to limit the effects of Radical Reconstruction legislation.
D. ignoring the Fourteenth Amendment.

Answer 1

The House impeached President Andrew Johnson primarily for:

C. trying to limit the effects of Radical Reconstruction legislation.

Johnson's efforts to weaken the Reconstruction policies and his violation of the Tenure of Office Act were central issues in the impeachment process.