... from the North and the newly-freed men from South. The influence they inherited from the Civil War continued to serve them well politically during Reconstruction. When radical republicans advocated for a tougher Reconstruction plan, along with the call to put a stop to the increasing racial violence that were happening around the country, many northerners and former slaves supported the ... Republicans and criticized Johnson for being soft and leaving the South unapologetic. This fact can be observed in Thomas Nast's cartoon Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction in Harper's Weekly on Septembe...

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