Three goals of radical republicans were they wanted to prevent the leaders of the confederacy from returning to power after the war, they wanted the republican party to become a formidable institution in the south, and they wanted the federal government to help African Americans achieve political equality by guaranteeing their rights to vote in the south. ... Unfortunately, the relatively radical program was not accompanied by anything systematic in the way of social and economic welfare; thus the Negro had the vote before he had either the education or economic power that would enable him to ...

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This plan required at least 10 percent of the people who voted in 1860 to take an oath of allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Union, upon doing so they would receive a presidential pardon. ... President Johnson was a strong believer in letting the state governments have most of the power in their own states, rather than the federal government. ...

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The map of the presidential election of 1860 shows that Lincoln wins all the "free" states votes except New Jersey and has an electoral majority of 180 but only a plurality of the popular vote. ... With increased tensions, trust broke down between the North and South and compromise no longer had any power. ...

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Sanctions: A futile exercise or political power tool? ... In 1985 the Congress, in an unusual development, legislated over a presidential veto and installed harsh mandatory sanctions against South Africa, hoping to change Regan's weak policies. In 1989 FW de Klerk came into power and released Nelson Mandela, leader of the ANC. ... Sanctions can work when imposed by a major power against a much weaker foe with no friends amongst the rival powers. ...

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The Civil War pitted Americans against each other. The sectional divisions between the North and South caused tensions leading up to the Civil War, but the issue of slavery would ultimately lead to war. Tensions evolved between the North and South before the Civil War due to their difference in econ...

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This use of force was made possible due to section five of the Fourteenth Amendment that allowed Congress to "have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of the Amendment. ... Taking power out of the hands of the State governments was exactly what then President Ulysses S. Grant wanted and made clear by stating that "the power to correct [the] evils [of the Klan are] beyond the control of the State authorities. ...

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