Question

How were Radical Republicans and moderate Republicans similar and different?

Answer 1

Hint:The Radical Republicans were a kind of category who believed that blacks were entitled to the same political rights and opportunities as whites. The Moderate Republicans were a large political group operative from the birth of the French second Republic to the collapse of the Second French Empire.

Complete answer:
Now the question arises, how Radical Republicans were different from the Moderate Republicans:
The Radical Republicans were different because they believed that blacks were entitled to the same opportunities and political rights also they believed that the Confederate leaders should be punished for their roles in the Civil war. Abraham Lincoln was one of the moderate Republicans and therefore he did not support the end of slavery nor the equality with the black race in his own works.
Abraham Lincoln was too lenient on the confederates.

Radical Republicans: Radical Republicans were often at odds with the moderate and conservative factions of the party.
Moderate Republicans: They were the members of the Republican party also called as Rockefeller Republicans.

If there were any similarities let us discuss how?
Moderate Republicans although refused to achieve equality with African Americans or Radicals but both the groups believed in a strong federal government and were motivated continuously towards that only.

Radical Republicans rejected Lincoln’s plan and instead passed a more stringent Wade-Davis Bill. Also, they opposed Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan because it did not ensure equal political rights for freed slaves. After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, issued his own reconstruction plan and the laws supported to give full equality and citizenship.

Note:The thought process of Lincoln towards the black and not abolishing policy of slavery was a weak spot for Lincoln during his presidency, the radicals were actually the heirs of what had been the “Free Soil Party” which had stood for the abolition of slavery.