African Americans & Reconstruction Discussion

US History since 1865

African Americans & Reconstruction Discussion

You have now accessed both primary (documents in American Yawp) and secondary (lectures and textbook chapter) materials concerning African American suffrage and politics in the Reconstruction era.  If you were a historian, what would you say if someone asked you to describe the political position of African Americans in the South during Reconstruction?  What would be your thesis statement?  What evidence would you draw in support of your argument from the primary sources? What evidence would you pull in from the textbook and lectures to help complete the picture?  Would you say that Reconstruction was or was not successful in this situation?

DQ2 Reflective Discussion

Reflection discussions will help you to think more deeply about the materials and should improve your Untest submissions. Sit back and think about the question prompt below and then jump in and engage in conversation with your fellow students, instructor, and TA.

Prompt/Topic:  How do the Redeemers (Southern white elites who were in power before the war) regain control?  What are they “redeeming?”