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The political entity following the Civil War, which took the view of Reconstruction that harsh penalties needed to be doled out to former Confederates while giving full rights to Freedmen, was called

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This political group were the "Radical Republicans".

The radical republicans opposed slavery and distrusted ex-confederate states and advocated harsh penalties for them.
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