Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner were Congressional Republicans who:

believed the former Confederate states should be rapidly returned to the Union

attempted to pass the Freedmen’s Bureau Act of 1862

wanted to radically reconstruct the South, both politically and economically

were concerned about the potential economic consequences of Reconstruction

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Question

Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner were Congressional Republicans who:
 

 





 
 
  
believed the former Confederate states should be rapidly returned to the Union 


 




 
 
  
attempted to pass the Freedmen’s Bureau Act of 1862 


 




 
 
  
wanted to radically reconstruct the South, both politically and economically 


 




 
 
  
were concerned about the potential economic consequences of Reconstruction 
 
@Joel_the_boss

joel_the_boss · Answer

Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) was the most famous Radical Republican in the House of Representatives (1849-53, 1859-68). Together with Charles Sumner in the Senate, the Pennsylvania native opposed President Lincoln's Reconstruction plan as too lenient. He served as chairman of the joint committee on Reconstruction and determined to treat the defeated southern states as "conquered provinces."