Question

How did “Radical Republicans” in Congress (led by Rep. Thaddeus Stevens) try to prevent the South from continuing to discriminate against African Americans?

Answer 1

The Republicans — then dubbed radical Republicans — managed to enact a series of constitutional amendments and reconstruction acts granting legal equality to former slaves — and giving them access to federal courts if their rights were violated. The 13th Amendment, which was ratified in 1865, abolished slavery