What did the Tenure of Office Act do?

It granted African Americans the right to serve in Congress.

It limited cabinet members' terms of office.

It prevented the president from removing government officials without Senate approval.

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Charlie Russell

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27 July, 12:15

What did the Tenure of Office Act do?

It granted African Americans the right to serve in Congress.

It limited cabinet members' terms of office.

It prevented the president from removing government officials without Senate approval.

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Brylee Macias · Answer 1

it prevented the president from removing government officials without senate approval

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Eden Bender · Answer 2

It prevented the president from removing government officials without Senate approval.

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Tenure of Office Act was signed into law on March 2, 1867 in the post-Civil War period of U. S. history.

This law forbids the president from remove civil officers without senatorial consent.

The law was passed over President Andrew Johnson's veto by Radical Republicans in Congress in their struggle to wrest control of Reconstruction from the president.

What did the Tenure of Office Act do?It granted African Americans the right to serve in Congress.It limited cabinet members' terms of office.It prevented the president from removing government officials without Senate approval.

What did the Tenure of Office Act do?

It granted African Americans the right to serve in Congress.

It limited cabinet members' terms of office.

It prevented the president from removing government officials without Senate approval.