Question

Why did President Johnson risk violenting the Tenure of Office Act to fire his secretary of war?

Answer 1

It’s because his secretary of war was a radical republican, a group that repeatedly challenged his authority as president and also made him irrelevant due to their supermajority in congress

Answer 2

The secretary was a strong supporter of Radical Reconstruction, which President Johnson vehemently opposed

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