The Radical Republicans wished to reorganize the South by demanding full and equal citizenship for African Americans and to destroy the South's old ruling class and turn the region into a place of political equality for all citizens.
The Radical Republicans had harsh ideas concerning the South and the Reconstruction era. For example, when Louisiana thought it had complied with reconstruction regulations they sent representatives to Washington DC. The Radicals rejected Louisiana . They believed that President Johnson's requirements for states returning to the Union were "too mild". They wanted stricter policies.
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radical republicans means the people thatdon't like Freedman's bureau and not happy with the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments.rong!
Lincoln did refuse to sign the Republicans' plan for reconstruction. Lincoln had developed his own plan which was more lenient toward the south.
Radical Republicans in congress had enough votes to override or defeat ,both vetoes, and the bills became law.
A radical group of republicans in Congress who wanted revenge on the South. Lincoln was assassinated before his ideas regarding reconstruction could be developed. Andrew Johnson who was his successor, was threatened with impeachment and thwarted by the radicals for agreeing with Lincoln that the Southern states should be forgiven and pardoned to reunite all the states as quickly as possible.
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Lincoln's Reconstruction plan, Johnson's Reconstruction Plan and the Radical Republicans in Congress Reconstrucion plan
Radical Republicans wanted to oversee Reconstruction because they wanted to let the blacks have their equal rights that are stated in the Declaration of Independence.
The reconstruction plans sought by the Radical Republicans were designed to punish the South for the US Civil War. US President Johnson, who battled with the Radicals, had a more lenient plan for reuniting the North and the South.
Radical Republicans wanted equal rights for freedmen (freed black slaves), and they also wanted a tougher stance against the South.
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provisions Johnson wanted in his RECONSTRUCTION PLAN
radical republicans means the people thatdon't like Freedman's bureau and not happy with the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments.rong!