Radical Republicans thought that blacks should have the same rights and opportunities as whites. They were only unified because of their same goal to help African Americans. To help reshape those liberties, they first wanted to punish the confederate leaders for their part in the civil war. Since the confederate leaders wanted slavery to stay, it would be revenge for those who had to work for them all those years. The Radical Republicans most important attempt to reshape civil liberties for free blacks was in the Reconstruction Acts. This places southern states under military government and told these states to create a new constitution to give universal male suffrage. They also had to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. The fourteenth Amendment
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Radical Republicans attempted to make the Wade-Davis Bill. This bill wanted to ban all ex-confederates from participating in drafting new constitutions, require most of the population to take loyalty oath before reconstruction can begin, and guarantee equality of freedmen. Lincoln refused to sign this bill into a law, causing the radical republicans to attempt to prevent Lincoln reelection. When Lincoln was assassinated, the radicals were overjoyed when Andrew Jackson took over. He was quickly hated when he wanted to continue Lincoln's current plans. They made a group nine house members and six senate members to try to control Reconstruction. They passed several laws for the protection of African Americans. This group helped create the Fourteenth Amendment. The fourteenth Amendment gave citizenship rights and equal civil and legal rights to all African …show more content…
Some may argue that there is more racism against whites rather than blacks for their past they were not alive for. On college campuses, you are the enemy if you are not liberal, even though almost every conservative is not racist. So the racial tension of the Reconstruction period is similar to the United States today, but opposite where blacks are trying to get rid of whites. Members in the Ku Klux Klan today is estimated to be between 5,000 and 8,000 people, which is an all-time low. Just less than a year ago the black lives matter movement threw a Memorial Day party where 'blacks only' were invited. Imagine if it was 'whites only', there would be an uproar everywhere. “You white people are angry because you couldn’t use your ‘white privilege’ card to get invited to the Black Lives Matter’s all-black Memorial Day celebration”(Lisa Durden). Another example of racism against white people are the "It's OK to be White' signs posted on campuses a while ago. These signs were seen as white supremacist attacks, while if a sign read "It's OK to be Black" nothing would have happened. These examples are similar to the reconstruction period because in both instances, one group is trying to suppress the
Radical Republicans attempted to make the Wade-Davis Bill. This bill wanted to ban all ex-confederates from participating in drafting new constitutions, require most of the population to take loyalty oath before reconstruction can begin, and guarantee equality of freedmen. Lincoln refused to sign this bill into a law, causing the radical republicans to attempt to prevent Lincoln reelection. When Lincoln was assassinated, the radicals were overjoyed when Andrew Jackson took over. He was quickly hated when he wanted to continue Lincoln's current plans. They made a group nine house members and six senate members to try to control Reconstruction. They passed several laws for the protection of African Americans. This group helped create the Fourteenth Amendment. The fourteenth Amendment gave citizenship rights and equal civil and legal rights to all African …show more content…
Some may argue that there is more racism against whites rather than blacks for their past they were not alive for. On college campuses, you are the enemy if you are not liberal, even though almost every conservative is not racist. So the racial tension of the Reconstruction period is similar to the United States today, but opposite where blacks are trying to get rid of whites. Members in the Ku Klux Klan today is estimated to be between 5,000 and 8,000 people, which is an all-time low. Just less than a year ago the black lives matter movement threw a Memorial Day party where 'blacks only' were invited. Imagine if it was 'whites only', there would be an uproar everywhere. “You white people are angry because you couldn’t use your ‘white privilege’ card to get invited to the Black Lives Matter’s all-black Memorial Day celebration”(Lisa Durden). Another example of racism against white people are the "It's OK to be White' signs posted on campuses a while ago. These signs were seen as white supremacist attacks, while if a sign read "It's OK to be Black" nothing would have happened. These examples are similar to the reconstruction period because in both instances, one group is trying to suppress the