Dr. Murray/AP U.S.

History, 2013-14 Snow Day Assignment for

Please write answers to the following questions. These are questions that we would have done together in class discussion, if the weather had allowed us to meet. Im really sorry that you have to do this as a written assignment instead, but we cant afford to stay stuck at Day 5 for over a week. e will be moving on to Day ! for "riday, so you will need to do the Day ! homework tomorrow night #Thursday, "ebruary !th$. I am available most of the day tomorrow #which is a D Day$, including during the two fle%es and &P, if you want to discuss any of this material. 'ote( I will also )ost the original Day 5 lesson )lan, in case you want to see how this assignment would have looked if we had done it in class. Text 503-005: During the period known as Reconstruction (18 5-!!"# what were $%ericans tr&ing to reconstruct' (h& was Reconstruction so di)isi)e' (hen we sa& that Reconstruction was a *ai+ure# what are we re*erring to' ,ow did it *ai+' Text 505-0!: -n genera+# how did the %ini%a+ist approach to Reconstruction.*a)ored /&# a%ong others# $ndrew 0ohnson.di**er *ro% the %ore thoroughgoing *or% o* Reconstruction *a)ored /& %an& Repu/+icans in 1ongress' (2or this 3uestion# *ocus on the genera+ princip+es separating the two approaches4 do not tr& to su%%ari5e the detai+s o* 0ohnson6s or 1ongress6s Reconstruction 7+ans8" Text 50!-11: ,ow did 0ohnson6s +i*e and career shape his approach to race issues and other aspects o* Reconstruction' (h& was 0ohnson initia++& popu+ar with 1ongressiona+ Repu/+icans.especia++& the %ore radica+ ones' (hat were the detai+s o* 0ohnson6s Reconstruction p+an' (h& did 1ongressiona+ Repu/+icans /eco%e disenchanted with the execution o* the p+an' (h& were the so-ca++ed 9+ack 1odes especia++& unpopu+ar' ,ow did 0ohnson hi%se+* %ake %atters worse# with his po+ic& on granting pardons' Text 511-13: (hat kind o* Reconstruction 7+an did the true Radica+s (i8e8# %en +ike 1har+es :u%ner and Thaddeus :te)ens" en)ision' To what extent did the 7+an passed /& 1ongress satis*& the Radica+s' (here did it *a++ short o* what the Radica+s en)isioned' Text 513-15: ,ow did 0ohnson o/struct the 1ongressiona+ Reconstruction p+an' ,ow did the con*+ict /etween the president and 1ongress 3uick+& %eta%orphose into a constitutiona+ con*+ict o)er the separation o* powers' -n 0ohnson6s i%peach%ent tria+# how did the president6s attorne&s de*end hi%' ,ow did prosecutors portra& 0ohnson6s /eha)ior' (hat i%pact did 0ohnson6s tria+ and ac3uitta+ ha)e upon Reconstruction'