Question

Explain how the quotation below illustrates the Radical Republicans’ approach to Reconstruction.

Be sure to use key vocabulary, details, and examples in your response. Your response should be a minimum of three sentences in length.

"We hold it to be the duty of the Government to inflict condign [fitting] punishment on the rebel belligerents [fighters] ..... The whole fabric of southern society must be changed, and never can it be done if this opportunity is lost. . . ."
Pennsylvania Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, September, 1865

Answer 1

the Radical Republicans' reconstruction offered all kinds of new opportunities to African-American people, including the vote (for males), property ownership, education, legal rights, and even the possibility of holding political office. By the beginning of 1868, about 700,000 African Americans were registered voters.

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