Packet 4: Bonus 2

John Covode proposed the resolution that caused this event. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this event, which took place after its subject violated the Tenure of Office Act by firing Edwin Stanton.
ANSWER: impeachment of Andrew Johnson [prompt on impeachment]
[10e] The “Radical” faction of this political party pushed for the impeachment of Andrew Johnson and increased rights for freed African-Americans. Abraham Lincoln was a member of this party while he was president.
ANSWER: Republican Party [accept Grand Old Party; accept Radical Republicans]
[10h] This congressman and de facto leader of the Radical Republicans co-chaired the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, where he raised support for the Tenure of Office Act.
ANSWER: Thaddeus Stevens
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