1. How did blacks respond to freedom, and what black organizations flourished? 2. How had Lincoln hoped to accomplish Reconstruction, and what modifications did Johnson make to Lincoln’s original plan? 3. In what ways was Congressional Reconstruction different than Presidential Reconstruction? 4. After gaining suffrage, how successful were blacks politically? 5. Why did Johnson despise slavery? 6-How successful were government efforts to promote settlement of the Great Plains? Give examples to support your answer. 7-What role, if any, did the emergence of the railroads, transform the lives of Americans? 8-How were the lives of African-Americans transformed, post Reconstruction? 9-In what ways did developments in transportation and other forms of innovation, bring about economic and social changes in the United States in the period of 1860s to early 1900s? 10-What were the positive effects of industrialization in the late 1800s and early 1900s? 11-What social, political, and economic problems did Americans face around the year 1900? 12-What role, if any, did the following play in the Gilded Age: Laissez Faire, Social Darwinism? 13-Why did labor Unions emerge? What methods did they use during the industrial age? 14-Explain why the farmers organized and the main arguments of the Populist Party.
