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UNITED STATES SENATOR PAPER
As a United States Senator during the Reconstruction Period, I’m writing this so that the future of America can realize that this period in history truly made an impact on United States of America. The Civil War was the bloodiest war that was fought on American Soil. Although both sides expected the conflicts to be over in just matter of days, it lasted for tumultuous years. From 1861’ to 1865’, the war pitted brother against brothers, neighbor, against neighbors. This period of Reconstruction was the time when our nation attempted to mend its broken relations with the South and rebuild after destructive war and lasted until 1877’.
The Radical Republicans were a loose faction of American Politicians with the Republican Party from 1854’ which was before the American Civil War. The Radical Republicans had been opposed to slavery during the war and after the war to support equal rights for freedmen “the newly freed slaves”, such as the measures ensuring the rights to vote; passage of the Reconstructions Acts, and also harsh treatment of Ex-Confederates. The Radicals were vigorously opposed by the Democratic Party and also sometimes by more moderate Republicans. The Radical Republicans opposed President Abraham Lincoln’s terms for reuniting the U.S. during the Reconstruction, Which begun in 1863’ this was viewed as to lenient, they proposed an “Ironclad Oath”(which Lincoln Blocked) and Wade-Davis Bill whom (which vetoed) in 1864’. But the Radicals did control the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, where they demanded a more aggressive prosecution of war, the faster end to slavery and also the total destruction of the Confederacy. After the assassination of Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson became president, although he appeared at first to be a Radical, he broke with them and the Radicals and Johnson became embroiled in a bitter struggle. After Johnson violated the Tenure of Office Act by dismissing Secretary of War...
As a United States Senator during the Reconstruction Period, I’m writing this so that the future of America can realize that this period in history truly made an impact on United States of America. The Civil War was the bloodiest war that was fought on American Soil. Although both sides expected the conflicts to be over in just matter of days, it lasted for tumultuous years. From 1861’ to 1865’, the war pitted brother against brothers, neighbor, against neighbors. This period of Reconstruction was the time when our nation attempted to mend its broken relations with the South and rebuild after destructive war and lasted until 1877’.
The Radical Republicans were a loose faction of American Politicians with the Republican Party from 1854’ which was before the American Civil War. The Radical Republicans had been opposed to slavery during the war and after the war to support equal rights for freedmen “the newly freed slaves”, such as the measures ensuring the rights to vote; passage of the Reconstructions Acts, and also harsh treatment of Ex-Confederates. The Radicals were vigorously opposed by the Democratic Party and also sometimes by more moderate Republicans. The Radical Republicans opposed President Abraham Lincoln’s terms for reuniting the U.S. during the Reconstruction, Which begun in 1863’ this was viewed as to lenient, they proposed an “Ironclad Oath”(which Lincoln Blocked) and Wade-Davis Bill whom (which vetoed) in 1864’. But the Radicals did control the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, where they demanded a more aggressive prosecution of war, the faster end to slavery and also the total destruction of the Confederacy. After the assassination of Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson became president, although he appeared at first to be a Radical, he broke with them and the Radicals and Johnson became embroiled in a bitter struggle. After Johnson violated the Tenure of Office Act by dismissing Secretary of War...