Which of the following BEST expresses the Radical Republican philosophy of Reconstruction? The Southern states never left the Union. If 10% of the voters took an oath of allegiance, the state would be restored to the Union. If conventions in Southern states would amend their constitutions and repudiate their war debts, the state would be restored to the Union. The states were conquered territories that were to be ruled by military governors.

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Which of the following BEST expresses the Radical Republican philosophy of Reconstruction?      The Southern states never left the Union.      If 10% of the voters took an oath of allegiance, the state would be restored to the Union.      If conventions in Southern states would amend their constitutions and repudiate their war debts, the state would be restored to the Union.      The states were conquered territories that were to be ruled by military governors.