As Republicans planned for Reconstruction,
A)Conservatives sought many conditions to readmit the former Confederate states.
B)Radicals sought a range of punishments for white southerners.
C)President Lincoln suggested that no conditions be put on the former Confederate states.
D)no thought had been given to the task until the war had ended.
E)Moderates believed the South should be readmitted without any concessions on black rights.

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Radicals in the Republican Party wanted to impose strict conditions and punishments on the former Confederate states to ensure civil rights for freed slaves and to restructure Southern society.

As Republicans Planned for Reconstruction