Radical Republicans

distribution starting at about the time of Andrew Johnson 's presidency.  Johnson became president after Lincoln 's death and immediately set the tone for the rest of his dealings with Congress.  His plan for reconstruction was much to relaxed for radical Republicans in Congress, and Johnson lacked the diplomatic abilities of Lincoln.  Johnson did prescribe loyalty oaths for southern whites if they were to receive pardon and amnesty, he did exclude high confederate officials from that allowance, and he did

secession null and void. The Radical Republicans reconstruction plan included the passage of the 13th Amendment and established the Freedman's Bureau. The Freedman's Bureau is an agency of the Federal government set up in 1865 to help former slaves and other persons suffering from the effects of the Civil War. This reconstruction plan also included passage of a Civil Rights bill and the 14th Amendment (all of these were opposed by Johnson). Andrew Johnson had opposed Radical Reconstruction and had many

economic goals for reconstruction regarding African Americans. There were many different approaches of political goals set for reconstruction. Republicans dealt with the political control. Conservatives within the party

disbanded, and Lincoln dead of an assassin’s bullet; this change was the only certainty the torn fabric of the newly reunited states was left to be resown. Andrew Johnson and Southern Democrats believed the revolution of 1863 had gone far enough. Radical Republicans and African-Americans sought instead to bring it to

over how harshly the South should be punished for leaving the Union. The South wanted to be readmitted with as little friction as possible, so they sided with the Democrats, like Robert E. Lee, and Moderate Republicans. Congress on the other hand, being mostly controlled by Radical Republicans, believed

simple as "yes" or "no". Although many promises were broken, the much-debated goals of Reconstruction are still present in the minds of today's leaders as we continue to rebuild our country. Readmission to the union was a dividing factor between Republicans in politics. Lincoln advocated for the "Ten Percent Plan". This demanded that only ten percent of voters in a state take an oath to uphold the values presented in the constitution in order to

America and we as Americans have faced many hardships. One of these trying times was the period from 1865 – 1877, the era known as Reconstruction. Several plans for Reconstruction were developed, but for these [then] divided states, adversity and unforeseen circumstances would test the resolve of our government and its constituency. The success and failures of each plan are outlined to reveal how the country struggled to re-united during this violate time. The assertion being Reconstruction was both

In 1865 to 1877, a very important part of U.S. history took place, and that was Reconstruction, where every slave was freed, and the whites and black lived equally among one another. It wasn’t an easy breeze and took a long time for whites to accept blacks, and even in current day there are some problem with racism, the main focus was to get rid of slavery, and that was a success. To make sure that slavery stayed abolished, Amendments had to be passed in order for slaves to be safe and treated

both the House of Representatives and the Senate in 1864 and sent to President Abraham Lincoln for signature, although, it would never see the light of day. President Abraham Lincoln was incline to be more lenient with the south and opposed such radical measures. For that reason when the Wade-Davis bill reached him he opted to not signed it, knowing that if he veto the bill the senate would only override his veto, but rather decided to exercise a pocket veto, where he simply ignored the bill when

and former slave owner with no college education. After the Civil War congress was controlled by a group called the "Radical Republicans." Lincoln was able to control them and had proposed a plan for reconstruction that looked to treating the South more like a lost brother returning home. Lincoln looked to reconstruction as a time of healing. The Radical Republicans, however, looked at reconstruction as an opportunity to teach the South a lesson and to punish them. In 1866 Congress passed