RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
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Question
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A group of Republicans killing Democrats
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Republicans that oppose Lincoln
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Republicans that want to take political power from former slave owners
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Republicans that turned democratic
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Detailed explanation-1: -They were opposed during the war by the Moderate Republicans (led by President Abraham Lincoln), and by the Democratic Party. Radicals led efforts after the war to establish civil rights for former slaves and fully implement emancipation.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. They were also critical towards many policies of both President Abraham Lincoln and his successor, Andrew Johnson.
Detailed explanation-3: -Radical Republican, during and after the American Civil War, a member of the Republican Party committed to emancipation of the slaves and later to the equal treatment and enfranchisement of the freed blacks.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the American Civil War, a more extreme group of Republicans called the Radical Republicans became quite influential in the party. The radicals believed that the Civil War had to end slavery. They felt the South’s agrarian economy centered on slave labor was ineffective.