Passed a law calling for the construction of a railroad line from Nebraska to the Pacific Coast.
The North controlled most of the railroads during the Civil War.
The Republican party was divided on certain issues during the Civil War, but they were the party that wanted to keep the Union together and to free the slaves. Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president.
There was no change of government on the federal side during the civil war. The Confederacy, of course, created their own government, but congress and the executive branch went along as always in the north.
The main goal for the reconstruction in the Civil War was to rebuild and accept the South in the US again, but radical republican reconstruction wanted to make the South pay for what they had done. The radical republican reconstruction was somewhat of a success in that they had several bills passed in Congress against the South.
The North had a superiority in number of states, and population, as well as manufacturing capability.
what periods one party controlled the presidency while the other controlled congress
The plans of the Radical Republicans in Congress during the Civil War was to abolish slavery. They wanted to deal our harsh punishments to slave owners throughout the South for their part in slavery.
The North controlled most of the railroads during the Civil War.
The Congress
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Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
The most common definition of a Radical Republican during the US Civil War was a Republican who viewed the war as a crusade against slavery. They were a minority in the party. But they were a vocal minority.
During the US Civil War the US Congress was dominated by the Republican Party and their allies for most of the time were from the so-called "War Democrats". Congress was eager to end the Southern rebellion quickly and constantly criticized President Lincoln for what Congress believed was bad war planning.
republican government.
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