How did the radical republicans hope to reconstruct the south after the civil war?

Radical Republicans aimed to reconstruct the South through measures that promoted civil rights and political equality for formerly enslaved people. They sought to implement the Reconstruction Acts, which divided the South into military districts and required states to draft new constitutions guaranteeing African American male suffrage. Additionally, they pushed for the passage of the 14th and 15th Amendments to ensure citizenship and voting rights, fundamentally reshaping Southern society and governance. Their approach was rooted in a belief that the federal government had a responsibility to protect the rights of all citizens, particularly those who had been oppressed.