"What is Freedom?"; Reconstruction (1865-1877) - Focus Questions
1. What visions of freedom did the former slaves and slaveholders pursue in the postwar South?
2. What were the sources, goals, and competing visions for Reconstruction?
3. What were the social and political effects of Radical Reconstruction in the South?
4. What were the main factors, in the both North and South, for the abandonment of Reconstruction?