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Radical Republicans - Research Paper

Radical Republicans

Before the American Civil war, in 1854 to the end of Reconstruction in 1877 a fraction of American politicians drew together to form a group called the “Radical Republicans” also know as the Radicals. They strongly opposed slavery during the war and after the war, distrusted ex-Confederates and demanded harsh policies for Reconstruction. Radicals, believing lincoln was moving far to slow with his efforts in freeing slaves and supporting their legal equality, made their move after the elections in 1866 . Lincoln, after being assassinated in 1865 was replaced by vice president andrew johnson, The Radicals at first admired Johnson's hard-line talk. When they discovered his ambivalence on key ...

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eliminated. Leading the south in the reconstruction era, the radical factions supported Ulysses S. Grant for president in 1868. Once in office, Grant forced Sumner out of the party. Grant used Federal power to try to attempt to break up the klu klux klan organization. Liberal Republicans (in 1872) and Democrats argued the Radical Republicans were corrupt by the acts of accepting bribes (notably during the Grant Administration). These opponents of the Radicals demanded amnesty for all ex-Confederates, restoring their right to vote and hold public ...

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Added: 4/3/2011 03:16:52 PM
Submitted By: ahume1751
Category: American History
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