They did not want former Confederates to gain power again.
Supported suffrage for all African American males
The Radical Republicans supported the measure to ensure voting rights for African Americans.
They proposed the fourteenth ammendment
African-Americans
give all African American males the right to vote
give all African American males the right to vote
give all African American males the right to vote
give all African American males the right to vote
give all African American males the right to vote
The Radical Republicans supported the measure to ensure voting rights for African Americans.
They wanted to ensure that freed African-American men received the right to vote.
They blamed the problem on Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policies