The Radical Republican plan was considered radical because it involved completely reforming and re-creating Southern society. To accomplish this, the US Army had to occupy many Southern states in order to protect the newly freed Black population and ensure their right to vote.

The Radical Republicans in Congress wanted to grant voting rights to former slaves to gain more votes for the Republican Party, and to ensure that everyone had access to basic rights.

During Reconstruction, the Radical Republicans wanted to impeach President Andrew Johnson so they could control the course of reconstruction and pass the laws that they supported to give AA full equality and citizenship.

During Radical Reconstruction, which began with the passage of the Reconstruction Act of 1867, newly enfranchised Black people gained a voice in government for the first time in American history, winning election to southern state legislatures and even to the U.S. Congress.

Reconstruction of the South During Reconstruction, Radical Republicans increasingly took control, led by Sumner and Stevens. They demanded harsher measures in the South, more protection for the Freedmen and more guarantees that the Confederate nationalism was totally eliminated.

The Radical Republicans believed blacks were entitled to the same political rights and opportunities as whites. They also believed that the Confederate leaders should be punished for their roles in the Civil War.

Two goals of the Radical Republicans were to prevent former Confederates from regaining control over southern politics and to protect the freedmen and guarantee them the right to vote.

What was the main goal of the Radical Republicans, based on their efforts to extend the Freedmen’s Bureau and pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866? They wanted to protect and aid freedmen. They wanted to create more black codes. They wanted to support Johnson’s plan.

The Radical Republicans had three main goals. First, they wanted to prevent the leaders of the Confederacy from returning to power after the war. Second, they wanted the Republican Party to become a powerful insti- tution in the South.

The main way in which the Republicans and Radical Republicans differed over the issue of Reconstruction is that “Radical Republicans wanted to see the South punished, while Republicans supported Lincoln’s plan,” since the Radicals had very little sympathy for the South after the war ended.

Radical plan wanted to punish the south, while Lincoln and Johnson wanted to reunite the union as quickly as possible.

What was the difference between Lincoln’s and Johnson’s Reconstruction plans? The difference between Lincoln’s and Johnson’s Reconstruction plans was that Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction was based on forgiveness. Since he believed that the south never legally seceded from the Union.

Terms in this set (91) The Freedmen’s Bureau had its greatest success for freed slaves in the South in the area of new black a. medical facilities.

In 1865 President Andrew Johnson implemented a plan of Reconstruction that gave the white South a free hand in regulating the transition from slavery to freedom and offered no role to blacks in the politics of the South.