Critical Thinking Questions
- How do you think history would have been different if Lincoln had not been assassinated? How might his leadership after the war have differed from that of Andrew Johnson?
- Was the Thirteenth Amendment a success or a failure? Discuss the reasons for your answer.
- Consider the differences between the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. What does the Fourteenth Amendment do that the Thirteenth does not?
- Consider social, political, and economic equality. In what ways did Radical Reconstruction address and secure these forms of equality? Where did it fall short?
- Consider the problem of terrorism during Radical Reconstruction. If you had been an adviser to President Grant, how would you propose to deal with the problem?
