Select the correct answer. What was one goal of Reconstruction, according to the Radical Republicans? A. to extend voting rights to black women B. to reestablish slavery in the Southern states C. to prevent black people from receiving US citizenship D. to grant black people the same rights as whites

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Select the correct answer. What was one goal of Reconstruction, according to the Radical Republicans? A. to extend voting rights to black women B. to reestablish slavery in the Southern states C. to prevent black people from receiving US citizenship D. to grant black people the same rights as whites

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Jamal Massey · Answer 1

The correct answer is D. One goal of Reconstruction, according to the Radical Republicans, was to grant black people the same rights as whites.

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The Radical Republicans were a fraction within the Republican Party of the United States, which existed from 1854 to 1877. This informal union of republican senators and deputies primarily determined politics during the final phase of the Civil War and the subsequent period of Reconstruction. The main concerns of the Radical Republicans were the abolition of slavery, extensive civil rights for the liberated African Americans and a severe punishment for the leaders and supporters of the Confederate States. The radical republicans opposed primarily the policies of the conservative democrats and were sometimes critical of the moderate republicans (such as President Abraham Lincoln).