Events Leading to and During the Reconstruction Era

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This paper takes a look at the Reconstruction era. According to the paper, this is considered to be one of the darkest periods of American history for various reasons, one of them being the rise of intense racial antagonism.

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"Radical Republicans' views differed from the mainstream party line, which held views similar to those held by their former figurehead Abraham Lincoln. Unlike the more moderate stream of Republicans, the Radical Republicans favored equal rights for African-Americans and foresaw the potential disaster of neglecting to care for the needs of liberated slaves. The Reconstruction policies championed by Radical Republicans included the 14th Amendment, which offered African-Americans full citizen status and subsequently granted former slaves equal protection under the law. Opposed to the 13th Amendment, most former Confederates could not stomach the 14th. Moreover, some Radical Republicans suggested the confiscation of all Southern plantations, to divide land among former slaves, one of the most radical of all the Republican Reconstruction ideas ("Radical Republicans")."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Radical Republicans." Spartacus. Retrieved Sept 12, 2006 from http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASradical.htm
• "Reconstruction." Spartacus. Retrieved Sept 12, 2006 from http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASreconstruction.htm

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