Abraham Lincoln's reconstruction program was based on punishing the South as much as possible. confiscating all southern wealth for the federal government. * bringing the seceding states back quickly and generously. achieving a fundamental transformation of southern society. Fearful that their 1866 Civil Rights Act might be declared unconstitutional, the Radical Republicans passed a series of black codes in each state. worked to gain full black male suffrage. * gained passage of the Fourteenth Amendment. tried to impeach President Johnson. The Radical Republican intention with the Tenure of Office Act was to limit the powers of the planter Democrats. * President Johnson. the Supreme Court. Congress. The first big businesses in the United States were textile companies. meat packing enterprises. steel corporations. * railroad companies. An electoral crisis developed in the Election of 1876 as a result of the assassination of the Democratic nominee. scandal related to both nominees. widespread voter fraud. * disputed electoral returns from several states.