Much of Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction came from a group of Congressmen from his own party. The group, known as the Radical Republicans, believed that the Civil War had been fought over the moral issue of slavery. The Radicals insisted that the main goal of Reconstruction should be a total restructuring of society to guarantee black people true equality.
Charles Sumner.
Radical Republicans
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 conflict was between Jonhson and the republicans
with whose plans did the radical republicans disagree
radical republicans
They no like slaves
Radical Republicans
radical republicans
Radical Republicans
The radical Republicans, led by Thaddeus Stephens.
African-Americans
The main leaders of the radical republicans.
Johnson
the had work to do
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