USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Radical Republicans opposed Lincoln’s terms for reuniting the United States during Reconstruction (1863), which they viewed as too lenient.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Radical Republicans opposed Lincoln’s plan, as they thought it too lenient toward the South. Radical Republicans believed that Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction was not harsh enough because, from their point of view, the South was guilty of starting the war and deserved to be punished as such.

Detailed explanation-3: -Leaders like Pennsylvania Representative Thaddeus Stevens and Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner vigorously opposed Andrew Johnson’s lenient policies. A great political battle was about to unfold. Americans had long been suspicious of the federal government playing too large a role in the affairs of state.

Detailed explanation-4: -Radical Republicans opposed Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan because it did not ensure equal civil rights for freed slaves. After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865, the new president, Andrew Johnson, issued his own Reconstruction Plan.

Detailed explanation-5: -After northern voters rejected Johnson’s policies in the congressional elections in late 1866, Radical Republicans in Congress took firm hold of Reconstruction in the South.