USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Who were the Radical Republicans, and how did they change Reconstruction? They wanted the Federal Government to force change in the South and they took control of Congress and enforced the Reconstruction Acts that militarized the states.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Radicals felt strongly that the Confederates needed to be punished for their pro-slavery views and should only be readmitted to the Union after they had abolished slavery among other conditions. They believed that government intervention in states was necessary to ensure abolition and civil rights for Blacks.

Detailed explanation-4: -Radical Republicans believed that African Americans deserved immediate freedom from bondage and should receive the same rights as whites. Radical Republicans favored granting civil rights to African Americans for various reasons. Some radicals truly believed that African Americans were equals to the whites.

Detailed explanation-5: -White southern Republicans, known to their enemies as “scalawags, ” made up the biggest group of delegates to the Radical Reconstruction-era legislatures.