Questions
1. What claim does the author make in the introduction about how the idea of failure and Reconstruction was different fifty years after the event? [ 2pts]
2. What evidence does the author provide to support this idea of Reconstruction as a failure during that time period? Provide three examples (answer should be a paragraph) [6 pts]
3. According to the article, how did this view of Reconstruction impact African Americans? [2 pts]
4. How was Dubois’ interpretation of Reconstruction different? [2 pts]
5. Why does the author use some “what if” questions towards the end of the article to explain the true failure of Reconstruction? (this answer should be a paragraph)