Following the US Civil War, the radical wing of the Republican Party retained the control over the US Congress they had when the war began. After the war, the Democrats and moderate Republicans were not united in any meaningful fashion. This left the radicals to put forth their own agenda concerning Reconstruction Era policies in the South.
The attemps of the Radical Republicans to control reconstruction policy were successful
Philadelphia's artisan and lower-class communities took control and put a new emphasis on freedom and more democratic politics.
Republicans first had control of the Federal Government in 1860 with the election of the first Republican President; Abraham Lincoln. (www.PatriotMusic.com)
The Republicans did not make nearly as many changes as they had advocated.
To some extent, it began immediately after the end of the Civil War, following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, who favored a more conciliatory approach to the vanquished South. The Radical Republicans increased their control of Congress following the 1866 elections, and passed the Reconstruction Acts beginning in 1867.
Republicans gained control of Congress in 1866. Radical Republicans had the support of many Northerners who believed stricter measures should be taken against the former Confederate states. After the vicious violence in New Orleans that had killed dozens of Freedman, they supported the Radical Republicans and the Fourteenth Amendment.
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The attemps of the Radical Republicans to control reconstruction policy were successful
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the attempts of the radical Republicans to control Reconstruction policy were successful
the election of 1866 gave them control of both houses of congress.
the election of 1866 gave them control of both houses of congress.
the attempts of the radical Republicans to control Reconstruction policy were successful
Democrats The first answer stated above is wrong about the 1866 elections. In that year the moderate Republicans lost ground to the Radical Republicans who effectively gained control of the US Congress.
1. Most of the northern states had elected Republican officials, which weren't to radical for the time. 2. Am I doing your homework?
the election of 1866 gave them control of both houses of congress.