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According to the reading, Republicans in Congress, particularly Radical Republicans, and President Andrew Johnson had a good working relationship, with no political differences regarding Reconstruction policies toward the states of the former Confederacy or personal animus toward one another.

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false

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Johnson, a Southern Democrat, took a more lenient, conciliatory approach to the South, which did not sit well with the Radical Republicans, who favored civil rights for African-Americans, even if that meant increased federal intervention into Southern states' affairs.

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