Charles Sumner
the moderate republicans believed that blacks should not have their rights. The radical republicans had a vision of whites and blacks living in the same community without fighting," even a hundred years later they will still have this same problem, that they solved in the 60's called the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King Jr was a key figure in this issue. Back to the 1800's they both thought they should live together without fighting.
Radical Republicans believed blacks were entitled to the same political rights as whites. They believed the Confederates were traitors and that they should be punished for their roles in the American Civil War. Following Lincolnâ??s assassination, they vigorously opposed President Johnsonâ??s lenient approach to the south and engaged in a fierce political battle with him.
Lies and deceit with the help of Fox News repreatedly reminding voters that the democrats were "the party of secession"
African-American freed slaves in the South faced a number of struggles after the Civil War. ... During this time, the federal government also attempted to provide aid to black ... After the Civil War, Republicans took control of all Southern state .
Democrats and Ex Confederate, Moderate Republicans, and Radical Republicans
the conflict was between Jonhson and the republicans
Radical Republicans rewrote the Reconstruction and Force acts. These were to block blacks from being allowed to vote during elections.
Andrew Johnson, because he vetoed bills passed by radical Republicans during the Reconstruction Era.
The North and South should take equal responsibility for causing the Civil War
The North and South should take equal responsibility for causing the Civil War
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.
Radical Republicans wanted equal rights for freedmen (freed black slaves) and they also wanted a tougher stance against the south.
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.
They are known to have played a part in Reconstruction and the passing of the three amendments-the 13th Amendment, the 14th Amendment, and the 15th Amendment. They had 'radical' ideas, therefore becoming known as the Radical Republicans.
The radical wing of the Republican Party were termed as such because of their insistence that slavery be abolished without regard to what the consequences might be. They were in fact abolitionists. Moderate Republicans and moderate Democrats understood that an immediate end to slavery might have unpleasant social and economic consequences. During the US Civil War they demanded that the war was fought to end slavery. Moderates sought to unify the Union first and deal with slavery later.
Look up Radical Republicans and traditional Southern Democracts during Reconstruction. The Radical Republicans wanted equal rights for freed slaves and they also wanted a tougher stance against the South. They wanted to punish the South for causing the war. Hope this helps! :)