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Dbq Lincoln And The Radical Republicans

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The elections of 1800 and 1864 had made the Republicans victorious in the electorate. However, the South’s influence on the electorate had significantly decreased and the Democratic Party was divided as well. After the Civil War, with only a few requirements for readmission, Conservatives wanted the south to accept the abolition of slavery. Led by Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner, the Radical Republicans wanted the military leaders of the Confederacy to be punished. The punishments would include the confiscation of Southern property and suffrage for freedmen. Lincoln and the Moderates did agree with the radicals to an extent on the rights of African Americans. Lincoln came up with the 10% plan. Whenever 10% of voters took the oath in 1860,

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