mar 20, 1854 - The Founding of Republican Party

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The Civil War identified the Republican Party as the party of the victory of the North, and after the war the Republican-dominated Congress forced a “Radical Reconstruction” policy on the South, which saw the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution and the granting of equal rights to all Southern citizens.

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