The following questions correspond to the chapter readings in The American Nation: A History of the United States, Volume 2: Since 1865 textbook. Chapter 16 Questions. Choose four questions to answer. 16.1 Why did President Abraham Lincoln offer such lenient terms for the reconstruction of the South? 16.2 Explain what the Fourteenth Amendment was—how it […]
Unit 4 Discussion Discussion Topic As we have talked about, arguments are often shared to benefit a group of people rather than just to prove that we are “right” or “win” a debate. When we engage in persuasive exercises with people who share a community with us, whether at work, in our families, at school, […]
What was Seward’s essential argument and why did he argue it? Why do you suppose Mississippi required all Black persons to sign yearly labor contracts?
Why, according to Ward, was the Shubuta bridge an important symbol? What local or global factors caused the lynching in Shubuta in 1918? How did whites (in Mississippi and elsewhere) respond to the lynching? How did blacks (in Mississippi and elsewhere) respond to the lynching? Who was Walter White and how did he fight against […]
