Question 1

Explore the Compromise of 1877.Explain the participants in the agreement,the goals of each group,and the details of the final compromise.

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Question 2

One recent historian has called America's Reconstruction a "splendid failure." What do you think was meant by this statement? Evaluate the goals,successes,and failures of those who attempted to reconstruct southern society.Do you think that the historian's statement is an accurate assessment of the postwar years?

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Question 3

Why is the period from 1863 to 1877 called the "Reconstruction" era? Describe the conditions that existed in the post-Civil War South that necessitated a reconstruction process.

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Question 4

Examine the attempt to impeach President Andrew Johnson.Explore the various reasons that Congress wanted to impeach him (both implied and expressed)and the reasons for their ultimate success or failure.

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Question 5

Discuss the role of race and racism in the post Civil War South.What role did race play in southern resistance to Reconstruction? How did southern society attempt in the post-war era to retain the racial structure of the pre-war era?

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Question 6

Compromise of 1877

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Question 7

Discuss efforts by southerners -- including the southern Democrats' -- to limit opportunities for and to control the activities of freedmen during the Reconstruction period.

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Question 8

What is the significance of the election of 1876 for the history and progress of Reconstruction?

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Question 9

Examine both the achievements and failures of the Grant administration.Keeping his two terms in context with the larger political and social backdrop that was Reconstruction America,would you assert that his administration was a failure?

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Question 10

What happened to former slaves at the end of the Civil War? What assistance was offered by the government? How successful was the government in achieving its objectives for freed men and women?

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Question 11

Freedmen's Bureau

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Question 12

Liberal Republicans

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Question 13

Compare and contrast the Lincoln Reconstruction plan with the Wade-Davis Bill.

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Question 14

Discuss the ways in which the contestation over Reconstruction played out in the political elections from 1864 to 1876,and the ways in which debates over Reconstruction affected the political arena and political parties.

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Quiz 1: Reconstruction, 1863-1877