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STEP 3: PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

CHAPTER 16 STUDY GUIDE

PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

Now, take a step back and try to explain the big picture. Remember to use specific examples from the chapter in your answers.

PRESIDENTIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION What role did the black codes play in shaping the course of Reconstruction? What steps did Congress take between 1865 and 1869 to assist ex-slaves in their lives as freedmen? How effective were these actions?	SOUTHERN RECONSTRUCTION IN ACTION How did white Southerners respond during Reconstruction? Consider both Democrats and Republicans in your responses. How did southern African Americans attempt to shape their own lives during Reconstruction?
THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION How and why did the decline of northern support for Reconstruction help southern Democrats “redeem” the South? Why did white supremacy become the foundation of southern politics in the 1870s?	LOOKING BACKWARD, LOOKING AHEAD How did long-held racial views among whites, in both the South and the North, shape Reconstruction? What were the lasting accomplishments of Reconstruction? What were its most important failures?

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