Radical Republicans favored a reconstruction process that would readmit the former Confederate states to the Union with fairly few restrictions.

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Radical Republicans favored a reconstruction process that would heavily restrict the former Confederate states and guarantee civil rights for newly freed slaves. They believed that the South needed to be punished for their role in the Civil War and that the federal government needed to ensure that the newly freed slaves were protected and able to exercise their newly gained citizenship rights.

Radical Republicans Favored a Reconstruction Process That Would Readmit the Former