Symbols Are Practices That Unite a Social Group Based on a Common

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Symbols are practices that unite a social group based on a common experience and focus.

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Definitions:

Radical Republicans

A faction within the US Republican Party after the Civil War that advocated for the strict Reconstruction policies against the Southern states and supported civil rights for freed slaves.

Senate

One of the two chambers of the United States Congress, consisting of senators elected from each state, responsible for making and passing federal laws.

African-American Suffrage

The right of African Americans to vote, a struggle that culminated in the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment.

Radical Republicans

A faction within the Republican Party after the Civil War that advocated for strict Reconstruction policies, civil rights for freed slaves, and punitive measures against the Southern states.