Title: Congress’s Plan for Reconstruction: Successes and Failures of Radical Republican Administration Congress’s plan for Reconstruction was significantly influenced by the Radical Republicans, a group of politicians who believed in harsh punishment for the South and equal rights for African Americans

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Discuss Congress’s plan for Reconstruction, and briefly describe what Congress hoped to achieve.  Evaluate the successes and failures of the Radical Republican administration during the period of Reconstruction. 
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