Was the radical reconstruction really radical?

Radical Reconstruction was the name of one of the phases of reconstruction: the one instigated by a faction that called themselves the Radical Republicans. The Radical Republicans who swept to power...

Reconstruction turned radical when people's opinions began to view it that way. Looking at something and saying it's 'radical' or 'liberal' etc. is an opinion and cannot be proved, so it really...

Radical Republicans wanted equal rights for freedmen (freed black slaves) and they also wanted a tougher stance against the south.

The Radical Reconstruction plan was a strict plan formed by the Radical Republicans. They wanted to have a very strict plan for reconstruction in the south.

it started in the early 1867s.