5 short essay questions
What did Grant’s administration achieve to further African-American civil rights? What caused his efforts to lose effectiveness?
.Explain the “failure of Reconstruction.”
Describe how he 14th amendment prevented the states from denying African-Americans basic freedoms.
Describe the “Southern Defiance” to Johnson’s reconstruction plans. How did Johnson “cave in?”
What criticism did the Radical Republicans have concernings Lincoln’s Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction? What did the Wade-Davis bill propose? What action did Lincoln take?