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Led by Thaddeus Stevens, which group in Congress vigorously resisted Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction?

1.

The Whigs
2.

The Southern Democrats
3.

The Radical Republicans
4.

The Northern Democrats

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For the answer to the question above, the opposing faction of Radical Republicans was skeptical of Southern intentions and demanded stringent federal action. Congressman Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania and Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts led the Radicals.

So the answer is the Radicals.
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