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==Reconstruction==

==Reconstruction==

In [[Reconstruction]], one of the main objectives of the U.S. Congress, especially the [[Radical Republicans]] like Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens was to guarantee that the Slavery Power was permanently dead.  They decided the only way to achieve this was to give Freedmen (freed slaves) the right to vote, while stripping the vote away from leavers of the Confederacy. Despite widespread doubts in the North, in fact the white South unanimously agreed that slavery was dead and there were no efforts whatever to resurrect it.  

In [[Reconstruction]], one of the main objectives of the U.S. Congress, especially the [[Radical Republicans]] like Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens was to guarantee that the Slavery Power was permanently dead.  They decided the only way to achieve this was to give Freedmen (freed slaves) the right to vote, while stripping the vote away from white male Confederate rebels. This earned Republicans the undying hatred of Democrats which has been passed down over generations.

 

==Activists==

==Activists==