Briefly, do you consider Reconstruction mostly a success or failure?  Explain.

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  1. Briefly, do you consider Reconstruction mostly a success or failure?  Explain.

  2. Who was Robert Smalls?  Why is he considered a hero? 
  3. Most students, at least in the past, learned about Reconstruction exclusively from the movie, Gone with the WindLinks to an external site., which presents a romanticized view of the South and whitewashes the horrors of slavery. Why has the period of Reconstruction largely been ignored?

  4. The Department of Justice was established in 1870 to address what issues? 

  5. According to Dr. Carr, how are the issues and responses of Reconstruction a through line to what's happening today (vigilante justice, attempts to suppress the vote)? 

  6. According to Professors Egerton and Carr, what lessons should we learn from the period of Reconstruction?  Why are they especially relevant today? 

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Reconstruction is the period that came after the end of the American Civil War. 

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