Johnson was pro-slavery and during reconstruction he was lenient towards leaders of the confederacy. Meanwhile, Radical Republicans wanted to punish the South for the Civil War, and they wanted to keep their party in power in the government for both the North and the South. Remember for later, the civil war was driven by westward expansion and power. While slavery had a lot to do with the cause of the war, Johnson and Radical Republicans were driven by their want for power.
He uses emotionally charged language so that the audience is immediately emotionally involved.
<span>It tried to fulfill nineteenth-century dreams of nationalism by creating new boundaries and new states.</span>
This view by W.E.B. DuBois contributed most to the creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an American Civil Rights activists leader. He was among the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He insisted that blacks needed legal rights and economic opportunities to develop their capacities and realize their cultural potential and because of that he helped to create the association.
