Radical Republicans
- plural of Radical Republican.
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Radical Republicans in Congress disagreed, however, and in the years ahead would put forth their own plan of Reconstruction.
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Instead, the Radical Republicans created a joint committee of representatives and senators to oversee Reconstruction.
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President Johnson quickly disappointed Radical Republicans when he rejected their idea that the federal government could provide voting rights for formerly enslaved people.
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Radical Republicans believed in the constructive power of the federal government to ensure a better day for freed people.
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In 1872 the Liberal Republicans and the Democrats united to defeat the Radical Republicans, and at the next election which took place in 1874 the Democratic Party came into full power.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 by Various
