Reading Guide

15. Reconstruction, 1863-77

Douglass Quote, Main point/s & Significance, p 291

Quote Main Point | Significance |

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A. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES: Did Reconstruction Fail? p 303-4

Historian | Reasons & Evidence |

Dunning | |

Black | |

1960s & 70s | |

1980s | |

B. KEY TERMS BY THEME(KTBT), p 304. Select YOUR TOP KTBT from the lists. ID and significance of each.

CH (THEMES) | TERM | IDENTIFY | SIGNIFICANCE |

1a. Equality | | | |

1b. Equality | | | |

2. Corruption | | | |

3. Politics | | | |

4a. Reconstruction | | | |

4b. Reconstruction | | | |

4c. Reconstruction | | | |

4d. Reconstruction | | | |

C. Multiple-Choice Questions, p 305-7.

Question & Letter Answer | Response Answer | Document Significance |

1. Which of the following would in part cause Douglass’s view that for African Americans, “citizenship is but a sham”? | | Doc. 1-3 |

2.Which provides an example of how the “Constitution and its righteous laws” provide hope for the “colored people of this country”? | | |

3. Which of the following developed during Reconstruction provide direct support and support self-determination for freedmen? | | |

4. In proclaiming that all persons born in the U.S. were citizens, the 14th amendment directly repudiated which of the following? | | Doc. 4-5 |

5. For future Supreme Courts, one of the key points of the 14th amendment would be which of the following? | | |

6. By the 1876 election, federal troops remained in which of the following states? | | Doc. 6-8 |

7. The victor in the 1876 presidential election was decided by | | |

8. Democrats agreed to accept Rutherford B. Hayes as president in 1876 in part if he agreed to which of the following? | | |

D. Short Answer. Bullet point answer. Use KTBT whenever possible in responses. Highlight ALL KTBT terms in response 308-310

1a. Briefly explain the main point of excerpt 1. | |

1b. Briefly...