Listen Exercise Exercise Respond to the following based on your reading. During the Reconstruction, Radical Republicans accused President Johnson of taking it too easy on the South. Johnson pardoned many Confederate leaders in exchange for an oath of loyalty. Radical Republicans insisted on further punishments for Confederate leaders and more drastic, government-assured rights for former slaves in the South. What could be Johnson’s reasoning for not further punishing Confederate leaders? What arguments could be made for supporting the Radical Republican view of adding further punishment? Question 1 options: