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Questions:

1. What were the different phases of Reconstruction? Who took charge in each of those phases? What laws/actions characterized each phase? How did those phases differ from each other? How and why did Reconstruction end? In what ways did southerners try and reinforce the antebellum racial hierarchy after Reconstruction ended?
2. What was the Victorian Era? Who were the Victorians? What things did Victorians believe? Why did the Victorians think the way that they did? What challenges did Victorian culture face at the end of the 19th century? What changes occurred in Victorian attitudes by the turn of the 20th century?
3. What was Progressivism? What did Progressives believe that differentiated them from Victorian Era reformers? What were some of the Progressive movements of the early 20th century? What successes did the Progressives have? What was the "high water mark" of Progressivism? Why did Americans turn away from Progressivism during the 1920s?
4. Why were the 1920s called "The Roaring Twenties?" How did American attitudes change during the 1920s? What role did new technologies/entertainments play in changing those attitudes? What were the causes of the Great Depression that brought the "Roaring Twenties" to an end? How did Americans react to the Great Depression? What steps were taken to restore prosperity? How did popular culture reflect American attitudes during the Great Depression?