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After the US Civil War, the Radical Republicans believed that the South and many of its primary leaders should be punished for causing the war. Without President Lincoln, the radicals seized the opportunity to make the reconstruction era a rough one for the former Confederacy.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 6y agoMany Northerners believed that the Confederates should be punished for seceding.
The idea that the Confederate States of America were willing to secede from, and fight, the Union was seen as a betrayal.
The Northerners believed the Confederates had committed treason, and should be held accountable.
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∙ 14y agoThe new President Andrew Johnson, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, and most of the cabinet, who were Republican Radicals.
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How did the south fight a defensive war?
With the exception of the air war over the north, the ground war occurred in southern territory. The north invaded the south, the south didn't invade the north.
What started the war between the North and South?
The North wanted to put taxes on the rich southerners, plantation owners, mill owners, etc. The south didn't want to pay so they tried to secede from the United States to become independent as the Confederate States of America.
Why was the civil war a victory for the north and draw for the south?
the north achieve its objective while the south.....
Transportation in the North and South during the Civil War?
The war had primarily been fought in the south, not the north. The south had to be re-built.
How did the north and south prepare for the war?
They both had a plan The north had the anaconda plan The south had the cotton diplomacy
What group want to punish the south for the war?
Radical Republicans.
Would it make the north look bad if they punished the south in the civil war?
I honestly think it would because the north and south were fighting for what they thought was right! Why punish the south after they have already lost the war and had to give up slavery!
Why did the north want to fight the south?
US Civil War=North wanted to retain the South Vietnam War=North wanted to conquer the South
Who did the Vietnamese want to win the war?
North or South?
Why did the North and South have a Civil war instead of making an agreement?
The South did not want to get rid of slavery and the North did, The North was trying to force the South into it and they rebelled.
Who wanted to punish the south for the civil war?
Radical Republicans
What were some of the differences between the North and South prior to the Civil War?
the north didnt want slavery, but the south did. this led to the worst and bloodiest war in the history of America
Why does Korea want war with the US?
Neither North or South Korea wants war with the US.
Did the leaders want to punish Germany after World War 1?
The people that were left wanted to punish Germany
Whose reconstruction plan was toughest to the South after the US Civil War?
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.
Why didn't Lincoln want to punish the confederacy?
in civil war
Did the north or the south want to control the Mississippi river during the civil war?
yes
