1. History 271 Spring 2015

2. What did white, southern plantation owners lose?

3. Why were southern planters in such bad financial shape after the Civil War?

4. What did the freedmen win?

5. What did the freedmen lose?

6. Why could “freedom” be both a blessing and a curse for African Americans right after the Civil War?

7. What did northerners win?

8. How did the Civil War recast political power in Washington, DC?

9. Why did many (factory owners and workers) in the North support a high tariff on imports? Why had southerners opposed raising tariffs before the Civil War?

10. What did non-planter white southerners lose?

11. How did the country change?
-- politically
-- economically
-- psychologically

12. What problems must the federal government address?

13. How would the seceded states return to the union?
Who gets to decide?
How harsh/lenient will the process be?

14. How to define “freedom”? How to enforce “freedom”?

15. Why is “Radical Reconstruction” radical?

16. What is the reaction to “Radical Reconstruction”?

17. Political vs Economic Power

18. Legacy of Reconstruction?

19. “Reconstruction” or “Restoration”?

20. Track “A” -- Read only the assigned textbook
-- No need to attend class
-- Exams based ONLY on the textbook
-- Midterm (50 multiple choice) on March th
-- Final (50 multiple choice) on May 14th

21. Track “B” -- Read the four novel/memoirs (but not the text book)
-- Must attend class (attendance taken)
-- Exams based on books and in-class discussion
-- Midterm (50 multiple choice) March 19th
-- Final (50 multiple choice) May 14th
-- Four quizzes (one on each of the 4 books)
-- OPTIONAL paper

22. Henretta, America: A Concise History 6th Edition
ISBN:

23. Choose your Track by Tuesday, January 27th
Dr. Devine at
In the SUBJECT LINE type your NAME and your TRACK