Question

You may ONLY ANSWER 1 PROMPT.

Remember the following as you write: The President sets goals, writes plans, and outlines steps. Congress writes the laws and votes them in.




Option 1: How did the Presidential Reconstruction plans differ from Congressional Reconstruction Plans? Use evidence to support your answer.



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Option 2: What were the political struggles, accomplishments, and failures of Reconstruction? Use evidence to support your answer.

Answer 1

option two
reconstruction accomplishmentThe main aim of the reconstruction was to hold the nation together after a very divisive and deadly war. It was Lincoln's chief plan before his assassination.reconstruction political strugglethe reconstruction was not easily accepted by the southerners, and it has been felt that the northerners forced its ideals down the throat of the southerners. as a result the reconstruction efforts took twelve years under three different presidents.
failures of reconstructions
Despite the emancipation proclamation, the reconstruction did very little to improve the sociopolitical conditions of over four million african Americans.