Radical republicans opposed presidents Lincoln's plan for reconstruction because they thought it was too?

A) moderate

B) liberal

C) extreme

D) unpopular

The correct answer is A. Radical republicans opposed president Lincoln's plan for reconstruction because they thought it was too moderate.

Explanation:

Reconstruction was a period of American history that lasted from 1865 to 1877, during which the United States was devoted primarily to resolve issues that had remained pending after the end of the Civil War.

The controversy over how to deal with these issues was hampered by the different interests held between the white leaders of the South, who sought to preserve their political and economic influence despite the military defeat of 1865, and the claims of the freed slaves who craved full legal and political equality before his former masters; they were joined by the interest of the government of the Northern States, where the black population was very minority, to maintain administrative control over the Southern States with the least possible amount of political and social conflicts.

By the late 1870s Reconstruction had not equally integrated black freedmen into the legal, political, economic, and social complex of the United States, and the white leaders of the North decided to abandon their efforts to integrate the black population of the South.

Reconstruction was controlled in its first stages by Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, whose main objective was the rapid reunification of the country through moderated measures. Their programs opposed the more radical version of the Republican Party, an abolitionist political faction that gained power after the elections of 1860, and that in successive elections held during the Civil War had been increasing its legislative power, by constantly increasing the number of their seats in Congress. This radical faction proposed to grant full citizenship to the black population in the South, and to suspend the civil rights of the white population until their allegiance to the Union could be proven, but instead a direct military government over the South was preferred.

Lincoln's plan was to readmit the former Confederate states to the Union as soon as possible. In order to do that, he applied moderate plans. The Radical Republicans in the Congress wanted a severe punishment to the South and hardened their fight.