When you respond to the questions, don't write your responses in the form of a study sheet, but instead try to create a holistic essay that features an introduction and conclusion that ties the information and studies together. Just use these questions for ideas on what to discuss.

1) What was Reconstruction and what were some of its goals?

2) How did President Johnson's views on Reconstruction differ from Republicans in Congress?

3) What were some of the problems in implementing Reconstruction?

4) What were some of the problems facing the freedmen?

5) What were the aspirations of the freedmen? Do you think they were largely met by Reconstruction?

6) What were some of the important outcomes of Reconstruction? How should we evalute that era?

1-3 pages long 

quote from book "Of the People", Volume II, Second Edition, James Oakes and Others

ISBN: 978-0-19-992475-2 

chapter 16 only plus these website http://www.freedmen.umd.edu/tdavis.htm