Chapter+22+Reading+Objectives

__**After reading this chapter, you should be able to:**__ 1.Define the major problems facing the nation and the South after the Civil War. (pg. 513-514) 2.Describe the responses of both whites and African Americans to the end of slavery. (pg. 515-518) 3.Analyze the differences between the presidential and congressional approaches to Reconstruction. (pg. 518-523) 4. Explain how the blunders of President Johnson and the resistance of the white South opened the door to the Republicans’ radical Reconstruction. (pg. 523-525) 5.Describe the intentions and the actual effects of radical Reconstruction in the South. (pg. 525-529) 6. Indicate how militant southern white opposition and growing northern weariness with military Reconstruction gradually undermined Republican attempts to empower Southern blacks. (pg. 529-530) 7. Explain why the radical Republicans impeached Johnson but failed to convict him. (pg. 530-532) 8. Explain the legacy of Reconstruction, and assess its successes and failures. (pg. 532-533)