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Who led the opposition to U.S. President Andrew Johnson during the Reconstruction?

  • Robert E. Lee

  • Ulysses S. Grant

  • Thaddeus Stevens

  • Abraham Lincoln

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Thaddeus Stevens, a prominent Republican congressman from Pennsylvania, spearheaded the opposition to President Andrew Johnson during the Reconstruction era. He played a pivotal role in shaping the Radical Republican agenda, advocating for stricter measures to ensure the rights and equality of freed slaves, leading to frequent clashes with Johnson, who favored a more lenient approach towards the South.
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