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Questions: Reconstruction was ultimately a failure due to lack of governmental oversight, expansion of former Souther state governments, and the continued subjugation of former slaves in these regions.

A) Explain how the US government failed the giant demographic of former slaves. How did the election of 1876 show the north was no longer willing to continue the policies of a war it had won in 1865?

B) Radical Republicans, although a small fraction of Congress sought to carry out redistribution of land for former slaves. This did not happen due to focus on the issue of property and unwillingness of Congress to approve of this. How did the focus on protection of property support the institution of slavery during the time of the Civil War?

C) How did the legislation during Reconstruction show the disconnect between Radical Republicans in congress and the rest of the US government? What laws did they seek to pass that were unsuccessful and why were they unsuccessful?

4. The Haymarket Affair in 1886 set a precedent for the relationship between Labor and Capital. From this point forward, the relationship was irreparably changed.

A) Why did the events of the Haymarket elicit such violent reaction from the police and the state? What about the "meaning" of the event was so dangerous to the status quo at the time?

B) Connect the restriction on civil liberties to the events of the Palmer Raids in 1919. What were the similarities to these events and what were the differences?

C) How did the events of the 1920s show that antiradicalism had not disappeared with the end of WWI? Name some points from the 1920s to support this idea