Discussion Boards

1. Examine the Resolutions. What do they tell you about the goals of the early Women's Rights Movement? What do they also tell you about the prejudices women would have to overcome to gain the equality they sought?

2. Read given article. In your opinion, which argument is least convincing ? Explain your position.

3. In your opinion, did construction of a railroad system unify, or divide the nation? (You can also argue how it did both.) Explain your position.

4. Review the 4 Reconstruction Plans: Lincoln's Ten Percent plan, the Wade-Davis Bill, Johnson's plan for Reconstruction also referred to as "Restoration", and Congressional Reconstruction, comparing and contrasting them. In your opinion, which plan would have produced the best results, or were all of the plans doomed to produce the same end?