Reconstruction
Teaching Reconstruction
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Reconstruction Discussion & Essay Questions
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Sample of Discussion & Essay Questions
- Big Picture
- What was the biggest surprise of Reconstruction?
- That white Southerners violently resisted?
- That the freedmen proved very capable of exercising political power and holding office?
- That some of the Reconstruction Era governments were corrupt?
- That the federal government had to aggressively intervene in order to protect the freedmen?
- That eventually Northerners and the federal government largely walked away?
- That by the end of the century Northerners and Southerners had united behind a narrative that cast white Southerners as victims?
