One law in particular led to bitter conflict. The Tenure of Office Act prevented the President from dismissing a Cabinet member without the consent of the Senate. Johnson said the act was unconstitutional because it violated the separation of powers. To make the Supreme Court rule on this law, Johnson fired Edwin P. Stanton who was Secretary of War. Everyone knew President Johnson had wanted to get rid of radical Republican Stanton. The House of …showed first 75 words of 1510 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1510 total…again that he only cared about the fate of blacks as it served him and the interests of his administration. The major objective of President Lincoln’s administration was to preserve and sustain the Union. The southern states’ insurgence started as a result of disputes over states rights and representation in Congress; it was coincidence that most of the disputes in congress revolved around slavery. The Civil War actually had little to do with slavery.