I think the United States help Western European countries regain their economic strength in order to hold off the threat of communism by initiating the Marshall Plan.
The Radical Republicans were<span> a faction of American politicians within the Republican Party of ... Andrew </span>Johnson<span> was thought to be a Radical when he became president in 1865, but he soon became their leading opponent. ... </span>Radical Republicans were<span> often critical of </span>Lincoln<span>, who they believed was too slow in freeing ...</span>