100-150 WORDS PER QUESTION
1) Describe the impact federal Reconstruction policy had on the former Confederacy, and on the ex-Confederates themselves.
2) Explain the ways in which the newly freed slaves reshaped their lives after emancipation.
3) What factors contributed to the end of Reconstruction in the 1870s, and which was most significant?
4) Discuss to what extent Reconstruction should be considered a failure.
