The passage of the tenure of office act of 1867 was just one instance in a long line of

struggles for power between the president and the Congress-

Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act in order to limit the President's powers and prevent President Andrew Johnson from discharging radical Republicans from office. This resulted from a conflict between President Andrew Johnson and the radical Republicans over the Reconstruction of the South

the us constitution is a living document, meaning that it can be changed over time as the country changes.

religion played a major role in the american revolution by offering a moral sanction for opposition to the british--an assurance to the average american that revolution was justified in the sight of god. the revolution strengthened millennialist strains in american.