Now that you have had some practice "reconstructing" the defeated south on a local level, try to remake the whole south. The US government has put you in charge of the southern recovery.
Question #1: What to do with 4 million newly freed slaves. Institute at least 5 policies to deal with the new freed slaves, keeping in mind most of them are uneducated, poor, and without their own land or equipment to work it. Explain why each of these policies is needed and why they will help.
Question #2: What to do with 10 million ex-Confederate citizens who are angry, disaffected and now without their slaves. Institute at least 5 policies to deal with them to reunite the country and prevent an extension of the Civil War with small bands of rebels breaking the law and otherwise acting as insurgents and terrorist. They must be mollified somehow. Explain why each of these policies is needed and why they will help.