HIST 226 Lecture Notes - Elisha M. Pease, Richard Coke
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Anti-secessionists-against southern states" decision to secede (withdraw) from the u. s. (union). Did not believe that secession was the way to resolve differences between the northern and southern regions of the u. s. Basic rights for freedmen-right to purchase and sell property, to sue and be sued, to enter legally binding contracts, and to testify in court cases involving other african-americans. Full equality for freedmen-suffrage (voting rights), right to hold political office, right to public school education. Moderate republicans-believed in preserving the union and ending slavery, but not necessarily for giving freedmen and freedwomen full civil rights. Focused on imposing tariffs on imported goods and internal improvements (canals, railroads, etc). Pro-secessionists-favored southern states" decision to secede from the u. s. Radical republicans- believed in preserving the union, ending slavery, and giving freedmen and freedwomen full civil rights. Believed that only unionists before and during the civil war should be allowed to vote and hold political office.
