Question

Which of the following groups supported Radical Reconstruction? Choose all that apply. (2 points) Responses businesspeople interested in rebuilding businesspeople interested in rebuilding newly freed African Americans newly freed African Americans rich, white landowners rich, white landowners scalawags

Answer 1

The groups that supported Radical Reconstruction include:

• Newly freed African Americans
• Scalawags

Radical Reconstruction was primarily aimed at extending rights and protections to formerly enslaved individuals and involved support from various groups including certain white Southerners known as scalawags, who were often those who supported the Union during the Civil War and were associated with the Republican Party in the South. The other options, such as rich, white landowners and businesspeople interested in rebuilding, were generally less supportive or even opposed to the goals of Radical Reconstruction.