Week 4 Discussion 2: Reconstruction and the Compromise of 1877
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
• Textbook: Chapter 15, 16
• Lesson
• Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)
Initial Post Instructions
For the initial post, craft a response comparing the three (3) Reconstruction plans:
• Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (10% Plan) – Lincoln
• Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan
• Congressional Reconstruction Plan (Congress)
Then, address one (1) of the following for your selections:
• Analyze if the South should have been treated as a defeated nation or as rebellious states.
• Explain how the American culture and society changed in the North versus the South during Reconstruction.
• Analyze the impact of the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction on African-Americans.
Follow-Up Posts
Compare your selections and analysis of selections with those of your peers. If they chose different events, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same events, build on their posts by providing additional information about the events that you have not already noted in your own post. Examine both your choices and your reasoning behind those choices in comparison to those of your contemporaries. If the activities they picked were different from yours, think about the ways in which they are the same or different. Build on their posts by offering extra information on the events that you have not previously included in your own article if they chose the same events as you did and provided in their postings.
Publication Date: 2014
APA Citation
OpenStax. (2019). U.S. history. OpenStax CNX. Retrieved from https://cnx.org/contents/p7ovuIkl@6.18:gMXC1GEM@7/Introduction
