Radical Republicanism

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faction of the Republican Party political ideology

Radical Republicanism was a faction within the U.S. Republican Party that championed aggressive civil rights reforms and harsh Reconstruction policies toward the former Confederate states after the Civil War.

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Label	Occurrences
Radical Republicans	8
Radical Republicanism canonical	6
Radical Republican	3
Radical Republicans in Congress	3
Radical Reconstruction	2
Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress	1
Radical Republicans in the United States Congress	1
Reconstruction-era Radical Republicanism	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	faction of the Republican Party ⓘ political ideology ⓘ
aimedAt	expanding federal power to protect civil rights ⓘ securing full citizenship for freed slaves ⓘ transforming Southern society ⓘ
appliesToPeriod	American Civil War ⓘ surface form: American Civil War era Reconstruction era ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
declineCause	Compromise of 1877 ⓘ rise of white supremacist violence in the South ⓘ waning Northern support for Reconstruction ⓘ
endTime	1870s ⓘ
hasNotableMember	Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ Benjamin Wade ⓘ Charles Sumner ⓘ George W. Julian ⓘ Henry Winter Davis ⓘ John Bingham ⓘ Lyman Trumbull ⓘ Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ Zachariah Chandler ⓘ
hasPart	Radical Republicanism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Radical Republicans
historicalContext	aftermath of the American Civil War ⓘ
ideology	abolitionism ⓘ civil rights activism ⓘ egalitarianism ⓘ racial equality ⓘ
influenced	Reconstruction policies of the United States Congress ⓘ impeachment of Andrew Johnson ⓘ
opposedTo	Presidential Reconstruction under Andrew Johnson ⓘ lenient Reconstruction policies ⓘ
positionOnConfederateLeadership	punitive treatment of former Confederate officials ⓘ
positionOnReadmission	strict conditions for Southern states’ readmission to the Union ⓘ
positionOnReconstruction	broad federal enforcement of civil rights ⓘ disenfranchisement of former Confederate leaders ⓘ harsh policies toward former Confederate states ⓘ military occupation of the South ⓘ protection of freedmen’s political rights ⓘ support for black suffrage ⓘ support for land and labor reforms for freedpeople ⓘ
positionOnSlavery	immediate abolition of slavery ⓘ
positionOnStatesRights	favored strong federal authority over states ⓘ
startTime	1860s ⓘ
supported	Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Freedmen’s Bureau expansion ⓘ Reconstruction Acts of 1867 ⓘ

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Reconstruction era → hasPart → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Radical Reconstruction

Reconstruction era → politicalMovement → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

Reconstruction Acts of 1867 → supportedBy → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Radical Republicans

impeachment of Andrew Johnson → politicalContext → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Radical Reconstruction

Radical Republicanism → hasPart → Radical Republicanism self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Radical Republicans

Black Codes → opposedBy → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

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Thaddeus Stevens → movement → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

Andrew Johnson → opposedBy → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

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Charles Sumner → movement → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

Redeemer movement → opposed → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

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Tenure of Office Act → sponsoredBy → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

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Henry Winter Davis → ideology → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

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Constitution of 1866 (Texas) → rejectedBy → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress

John Bingham → memberOfPoliticalParty → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

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John Bingham → movement → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Reconstruction-era Radical Republicanism

Benjamin Wade → ideology → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

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George W. Julian → movement → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

George W. Julian → politicalAlignment → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

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Wade–Davis Bill → hasPoliticalOrientation → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Radical Republican

Wade–Davis Bill → supportedBy → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

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The New National Era → politicalAlignment → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

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The Natick Cobbler → associatedWith → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Radical Republicans

American Civil War–era congressional debates → participant → Radical Republicanism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Radical Republicans