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Directions: Please write short answer responses to the following questions. Please use a word document or pdf to upload your assignment to Moodle.
1. How did Lincoln's assassination affect Louisiana?
2. When General Sheridan took control of Louisiana during Military Reconstruction, why did he remove office holders and appoint new ones?
3. Why do some people think Oscar J. Dunn might have been murdered?
4. Why was education so important for the freed slaves?
5. Why did so much violence occur during this time?
6. Why did Congress take away the right to vote from former Confederates in the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
7. Why did people during this time have so much trouble understanding opposing points of view?
8. How did infighting in the Republican Party affect the outcome of Reconstruction?
9. Confederates were allowed to vote immediately following the end of the Civil War, then lost that right. How did they react to this?
10. Freedmen received the right to vote during the Reconstruction period, then lost that right following the Reconstruction period. How did this affect events in Louisiana?
11. How did the presence of the Federal troops affect Reconstruction in Louisiana?
12. When Henry Warmoth was accused of being corrupt, he implied that everyone was doing it and it was acceptable. Why do you think people justify their actions with this argument?
13. What evidence shows that the government in Louisiana almost lost control?