The minority political faction in Congress that was the driving force behind a punitive and destructive approach to the southern slavocracy during Reconstruction was called the
a. Liberal Republicans.
b. Radical Republicans.
c. National Republicans.
d. National Unionists.
e. Union Republicans.
ANS: B
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