Chapter Review

1. Question

   What were freedpeople’s highest priorities in the years immediately following the Civil War? Why?

2. Question

   How did freedpeople define freedom? What steps did they take to make freedom real for themselves and their children?

3. Question

   What was President Johnson’s plan for reconstruction? How were his views out of step with those of most Republicans?

4. Question

   What characterized congressional Reconstruction? What priorities were reflected in congressional Reconstruction legislation?

5. Question

   What role did black people play in remaking southern society during Reconstruction?

6. Question

   How did southern whites fight back against Reconstruction? What role did terrorism and political violence play in this effort?

7. Question

   Why did northern interest in Reconstruction wane in the 1870s?

8. Question

   What common values and beliefs among white Americans were reflected in the compromise of 1877?