USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Radical Republicans believed blacks were entitled to the same political rights and opportunities as whites. They also believed that the Confederate leaders should be punished for their roles in the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-2: -On March 3, 1865, Congress passed “An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees” to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans.

Detailed explanation-3: -They were led by Thaddeus Stevens in the House of Representatives and Charles Sumner in the Senate. The Radicals were known for their opposition to slavery, their efforts to ensure emancipation and civil rights for Blacks, and their strong opinions on post-war Reconstruction.

Detailed explanation-4: -During Reconstruction, the Republican Party in the South represented a coalition of Black people (who made up the overwhelming majority of Republican voters in the region) along with “carpetbaggers” and “scalawags, ” as white Republicans from the North and South, respectively, were known.

Detailed explanation-5: -Radical Republicans wanted to punish the South for slavery and the war itself. Both Lincoln and Johnson wanted the southern states to be brought back into the Union quickly, using less punitive measures.