Discuss the period of time after the Civil War in America that was labeled Reconstruction. What were some of the policies that were put in place during this
era? What was life like in the south and what were newly freed people experiencing? Was the period of Reconstruction a success or a failure? To address this essay one could bring in such topics as Lincoln's assassination, Andrew Johnson, "Radical Republicans," sharecropping, the Civil Rights Act of 1875, the Compromise of 1877, or other topics.