Radical Republicans: Question 1 options: tended to come from the border states that had seen most of the vicious fighting during the Civil War. wanted legitimate democracy in the South, with power to be shared by planters and freed slaves. fought Andrew Johnson from the day he entered the White House. fully embraced the expanded powers of the federal government born during the Civil War. agreed on the need to end slavery but disagreed with one another over whether the freed slaves were entitled to civil rights