Explain the success and failure of Reconstruction.
“Reconstruction was a failure, but a splendid failure,” says historian Leon Litwack.
Listen to the following lecture by Historian David Blight
“Black Reconstruction in the South: The Freedpeople and the Economics of Land and Labor”
http://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-119/lecture-23
Explain the success and failure of Reconstruction.
- Your answer should include:
- the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
- the impeachment of Andrew Johnson
- the plight of the freed people
- and the Compromise of 1877.
- Your essay should be at least 250-350 words.
America’s Reconstruction: People & Politics After The Civil War
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/exhibits/reconstr…
Read the website to assist with key themes and terms and can write effective responses