Provide a general overview of Reconstruction: its main achievements and failures
For the midterm you will be asked to answer two of the following essay questions. Each essay should be about 500 words (at least 2 pages of the examination book). Make sure to be specific and provide detailed information to support your arguments.
1. Provide a general overview of Reconstruction: its main achievements and failures. Make sure to explain what was Reconstruction, what were its goals and in which ways it failed or succeeded to achieve them. (chapter 15, especially p. 453-473)
2. What factors contributed to the developments of the second Industrial Revolution? In which ways did industrialization transform American society and life? Was it a positive or negative transformation? (chapter 16)
3. How did workers and farmers respond to the social and economic problems brought by industrialization? What changes did they advocate and what forms of organizing and struggle did they embrace? (chapter 16, p. 501-506, chapter 17, p. 509-516, chapter 18, 552-557)
4. Discuss the progressive movement of the early twentieth century: what were its core ideas? Who were in your view the most significant representatives of this movement? What were their most important contributions to American society? (chapter 18).
………………….Answer preview…………………..
The reconstruction was a period in the history of America after the civil war in which the national government attempted to bring together and reintegrate the Southern states which had formed the Confederacy back in the United States. The aim of the reconstruction was to bring order in the South and this period lasted from 1865 to 1877. This period had its own achievements and fails and its aftermath l………………
APA
1306 words
Get instant access to the full solution from yourhomeworksolutions by clicking the purchase button below
