The text authors assert that Republican Reconstruction was more the result of compromises and really not very "Radical" at all. Do you agree? Explain why it is reasonable to argue that Congressional Reconstruction was, in fact, quite moderate
What will be an ideal response?
Consider: no land confiscation; no trials for treason; no wholesale or permanent disfranchisement of former Confederates; Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were compromises on black suffrage, providing no guarantee of the right to vote.
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Who was the South Vietnamese president who was deposed by an American-backed coup in Saigon in 1963?
A) Ngo Dinh Diem B) Nguyen Van Thieu C) Nguyen Cao Ky D) Ho Chi Minh
The Confederacy financed its war effort primarily through
A. an income tax. B. selling bonds. C. foreign loans. D. seizure of Northern assets. E. printing money.
Regarding black suffrage in the South, Andrew Johnson believed that:
A. The right to vote should be extended to African Americans through an amendment to the Constitution B. The federal government could never force the Southern states to extend voting rights to African Americans C. The Southern states, before being allowed to re-enter the Union, should guarantee the right to vote to African-American males D. African Americans were not citizens and should not be allowed to vote
The surprise Republican presidential nominee in 1940 was
a. Wendell L. Willkie. b. Robert A. Taft. c. Thomas E. Dewey. d. Alfred E. Landon. e. Charles A. Lindbergh.