Question

Which of the following was one of the Radical Republicans’ main goals for Reconstruction?

(1 point)
Responses

Radical Republicans wanted to give power back to the wealthy planters in the South.

Radical Republicans wanted to give power back to the wealthy planters in the South.

Radical Republicans wanted to ensure that the Fourteenth Amendment did not pass.

Radical Republicans wanted to ensure that the Fourteenth Amendment did not pass.

Radical Republicans wanted to keep President Johnson in office.

Radical Republicans wanted to keep President Johnson in office.

Radical Republicans wanted to guarantee freedmen were given the right to vote.

Answer 1

Radical Republicans wanted to guarantee freedmen were given the right to vote.

(They also sought to protect civil rights for former slaves, pass the 14th/15th Amendments, and limit the power of former Confederate elites and President Johnson.)