Following the Civil War, the political group which took the view of Reconstruction that harsh penalties needed to be doled out to former Confederates <span>while giving full rights to Freedmen was called the "Radical Republicans", since these were members of Lincoln's party who thought that Lincoln wanted to be too "soft" with the South. </span>
Meat Inspection Act, Prosecution of Northern Securities, Pure Food and Drug Act, Children's Bureau of Labor, Federal Trade Commission, and the Clayton Anti-Trust Act
