Ideology/Policies
The Radical Republicans viewpoint on readmission
A: States should be allowed readmission with open arms to preserve the union's power
B: The States that left should remain independent so the two can both form smaller safer governments
C: States should be allowed readmission but only once they had completed several steps first
D States should be allowed readmission as long as they did a simple 10% vote pledging allegance to the union
Radical Republicans took control of reconstruction by doing what
A: Taking control of congress
B:Pushing the President to take a stance against slavery
C: Making it harder for the ex-confederate states to rejoin the union
D: All of the Above
The leader of the Radical Republicans
A: Abraham Lincoln
B: Thaddeus Stevens
C: George B. McClellan
D:Elvis Presley
The Radical republicans passed this bill to limit the presidents ability to remove civil officers.
A: Tenure of office act
B: Civil officer alliance act
C: They stay or we go act
D: Removal annulment act
The impact Radical Republicans in Congress have on Reconstruction.
A: Created a Balance of power between the U.S and foreign countries
B: They increased the powers of southern states
C: They encouraged the freedmen to exercise their new political rights.
The Radical Republicans did not...
A: Impeach the president when he broke removed the secretary of war from office
B: Get Thadius Stevens their leader to become the president
C: Rise to power during the era of reconstruction
The biggest reason the Radical Republicans acknowledged for causing the civil war was
what is slavery
The Radical republicans worked to help this group of people in their pursuit of equal rights
Who are former slaves i.e freedman
The radical republicans were able to veto many presidential vetos because ______.
They formed the Joint Committee on Reconstruction (the so-called Joint Committee of Fifteen, made up nine members of the House and six senators, with only three Democrats among them)
i.e they had controll of the other branches of government
Radical republicans thoughts about Abraham Lincoln and his successor Andrew Johnson
They thought that he was too lenient on his polocies and they basically circumnavigated the presidency by taking control of the congress to pass their own polocies
In terms of education a benefit of Radical reconstruction is.
what is public education being established for all races
The 14th amendment provided this.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.