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Why do you think the Radical Republicans wanted a tough Reconstruction Plan for the South?
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∙ 12y ago
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.
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Who wanted to punish the south for the civil war?
Radical Republicans
Why didnt the south receive sympathetic treatment in reconstruction?
The South didn't receive sympathetic treatment because the Radical Republicans gained power in Congress, thus giving them the power to override President Johnson's vetoes. The Radical Republicans wanted to make the Reconstruction process slow so that major social and economic changes could be made. They were supportive of black's rights and they wanted to make sure the whites in the South accepted the 14th Amendment and the freedom of the blacks.
Assess the success of Republican reconstruction?
The main goal for the reconstruction in the Civil War was to rebuild and accept the South in the US again, but radical republican reconstruction wanted to make the South pay for what they had done. The radical republican reconstruction was somewhat of a success in that they had several bills passed in Congress against the South.
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.
What group want to punish the south for the war?
Radical Republicans.
What were the reconstruction goals of the Radical Republicans?
Radical Republicans wanted equal rights for freedmen (freed black slaves) and they also wanted a tougher stance against the south.
Whose Reconstruction plan was toughest on the South?
Radical Republicans
Northern Republicans who wanted to punish the south?
radical republicans
What were the radicals plan for reconstruction?
Radical Republicans wanted equal rights for freedmen (freed black slaves), and they also wanted a tougher stance against the South.
What were the goals of the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction?
Radical Republicans wanted equal rights for freedmen (freed black slaves) and they also wanted a tougher stance against the south.
What group wanted to punish the South for the Civil War?
Radical Republicans
What were the radical Republicans goals for Reconstruction?
Radical Republicans believed black people were entitled to the same rights as everyone else, and believed the Confederates should be punished for going to war with their country. They also wanted to keep Republicans in power in both the North and the South.
What was the main goal of the Radical Republicans who served in Congress during Reconstruction?
Reconstruction had absolutely nothing to do with rebuilding Southern infrastructure that was destroyed primarily by the North. Reconstruction and the goal of the radical republicans was to re-build the political male-up of the South to "look like" the north.
Who wanted to punish the south for the civil war?
Radical Republicans
What was the Radical Republicans plan for the reconstruction of the South?
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.
What word best characterizes the status of the South's treatment in the Radical Republicans' plan for reconstruction?
Deserved
Which of the folowing best reflects the attitude of the Radical Republicans toward Reconstruction?
The South should be punished.
