Step Four: Put It All Together

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CHAPTER 16 STUDY GUIDE

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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.

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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?
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SOUTHERN RECONSTRUCTION IN ACTION

  • How did white Southerners respond during reconstruction? Consider both Democrats and Republicans in your response.
  • How did southern African Americans attempt to shape their own lives during reconstruction?

THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION

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  • 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

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  • 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?