Radical Republicans were a faction within the Republican Party during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras who advocated for the abolition of slavery, the defeat of the Confederacy, and the rights of freed slaves. They pushed for measures to ensure equal rights for all, particularly the newly freed African Americans, which included supporting the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Radical Republicans

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Radical Republicans

A) hoped to institutionalize the principle of equal rights for all, regardless of race.
B) believed it was necessary to reduce federal power in order to establish and protect civil rights.
C) all supported Thaddeus Stevens's land distribution proposal.
D) voted against the Fourteenth Amendment.
E) opposed the Reconstruction Act.

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