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How did the radical republicans feel about Lincoln's Reconstruction plan?
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Abraham Lincoln's ultimate goal during the Civil War was to reunite the country. He felt that if the country was against itself, it would eventually crumble. He wanted Reconstruction, or the re-building of the country, to be as easy as possible (without slavery and with peace).
The radical Republicans in Congress at that time wanted to punish the South at all costs; they had been traitors, and the Republicans felt that if they wanted to be readmitted into the Union, they needed to beg on hands and knees. Lincoln saw this, and it caused an abundance of tension and hostility towards the North. He wanted a very lenient Reconstruction process so that the Southerners would be more willing to compromise, and actually want to be readmitted. He thought that this way, the country would be able to rebuild more peacefully and successfully. Otherwise, the South would still harbor the same resentment they had before the war, and the country, in effect, wouldn't have solved its problems, and the war would have been for nothing.
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How did radical republicans feel about the return of the south to the union?
The Radical Republicans saw reconstruction as a way to punish southerners and reorganize the south. ;-}
What did radical republicans feel that southern states had to do to be able to write new state constitutions?
only allow people who had not fought against the union to participate
What did Radical Republicans feel the Southern states that had been in the Confederacy needed to write new state constitutions following the US Civil War?
The Radical Republicans opposed slavery and pushed for uncompensated abolition of slavery. They wanted to prevent anyone who had supported the Confederacy from voting in Southern elections and from holding public office.
How do republicans feel about government?
keep it small
How do republicans feel about taxes?
Republicans feel that taxes should be minimal. They largely believe that the government should be minimal to reduce the amount of money needed.
How do republicans feel about medical procedures?
The dont, that is the problem
How did Lincoln's cabinet members feel about the abolishment of slavery?
They definitely abhorred slavery. The Republican party was started in part to keep slavery from expanding. Lincoln's cabinet was pretty much filled with Republicans. Within Lincoln's cabinet, the secretaries of Treasury and War, Salmon P. Chase and Edwin M. Stanton, respectively, were Radicals Republicans. Radical Republicans not only wanted to keep slavery out of new states, they were for the war with the South, and for the emancipation of slaves.
Why did many Americans feel disappointed with reconstruction?
why did many americans feel disappointed with reconstuction
How do republicans feel about womens rights?
they absolutely hate em
How did people feel about the reconstruction after the US Civil War?
it was the confederate
Why is same-sex marriage a problem for some Republicans?
Some Republicans feel they will not be re-elected if they publicly support same-sex marriage.
How did the federalist feel about the economy and how was that different than the Democratic Republicans?
Commercial & Industrial
