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This victory signaled the start of reconstruction. By having a two-thirds majority in both houses and a republican president, virtually any piece of legislation endorsed by republicans could make it through. This allowed the southern states to be coerced into ratifying the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments.

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Because when the ballots were counted, the Republicans had rolled up more than a two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress

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It was important because the republicans won majorities in both houses of congress and passed the 15th amendment && guaranteed africans americans to vote

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What allowed radical reconstruction to begin?

the solid republicans victory in the congressional elections of 1866


How did President Johnson respond to the expanded power of the Radical Republicans after the election of 1866?

He vetoed the Radicals' reconstruction bills.


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the election of 1866 gave them control of both houses of congress.


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the election of 1866 gave them control of both houses of congress.


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