Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Historical Significance of Radical Republicans

The main gain from the Radical Republicans was black suffrage. This later lead to women wanting their rights to vote.

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  1. Unfortunately, it didn't last. As soon as Reconstruction ended and ex-Confederates re-gained the right to vote, blacks lost their abilities to vote in the south (even though the right was technically guaranteed by the 15th amendment)

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