Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

1. What did the Colored People’s Convention of South Carolina demand in the months after the end of the war (Document 14.1)? How did the participants justify their arguments?

2. According to Lottie Rollin, why do women deserve the right to vote (Document 14.2)? How does she appeal to traditional gender norms in making this argument?

3. How does Robert Brown Elliott cite history in defense of the Civil Rights Bill (Document 14.3)? Why did blacks deserve the equal rights of citizenship? How does Elliott discredit Stephens’s arguments?

4. According to James Shepherd Pike, what was wrong with South Carolina’s government (Document 14.4)? How does he describe the black members of the South Carolina legislature? The white members?

5. How did President Grant respond to D. H. Chamberlain’s request for protection from violence against blacks and white Republicans (Document 14.5)? Does he offer any assistance? What is his outlook on the future of racial tension in the South?

6. According to the Colored People’s Convention, Rollin, and Elliott, what constituted equal citizenship for African Americans?

1. How do Pike’s book and Grant’s reply to Governor Chamberlain show how Republicans in the North backed away from Reconstruction?