The target word length for the essays is 1000 words. Less than 800 is marginal; more than 1500 is probably out of control. Be precise with your evidence and analysis!
Please be careful to avoid collusion with other students once the exam period had begun, and be careful to *cite properly any external sources* that you use in building your essay.
After the assassination of President Lincoln, President John pursued a conciliatory plan to restore civil government in the former Confederate states.
Congress, however pursued a more aggressive plan of Reconstruction, including the three Reconstruction Amendments (the 13th, 14th, and 15th), and important anti-racist legislation, such as a new Civil Rights Act in 1875. But over all, Reconstruction failed and ground to a halt.
Explain in your view when reconstruction ended and why, and discuss the three most important legal developments (statutes or court decisions) that signaled the end of Reconstruction.