How did radical republicans reduce the power of the president?
The Radical Republicans wanted to impeach Andrew Johnson because he violated the Tenure of Office Act by dismissing Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. He was acquitted in the Sentate. Radicals reduced the power of the president because they strongly opposed slavery during the war and after the war distrusted ex-Confederates, demanding harsh policies for Reconstruction.
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