10.0: Reconstruction Context

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Robert E. Lee's post-war actions suggested

• Continued commitment to the cause of the rebellion

• National reunification and reconciliation

• Lament over the "Lost Cause" and the elimination of slavery

• His own personal political ambitions

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Russia's Alaska sale demonstrated

• Territorial disinterest by Europeans

• Strategic economic thinking by Americans and Russians

• Diplomatic weakness by Russians

• Expansionist limitations for Americans

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How did international events like German unification relate to U.S. Reconstruction?

• They were completely unrelated - different continents, different contexts....not at all similar.

• They were both inspired by similar nationalist movements, as well as causing more nationalist feelings afterward

• Events in Europe distracted those countries from U.S. internal conflicts

• They provided different diplomatic models for addressing conflict

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What characterized President Grant's administration during Reconstruction?

• Absolute political stability, enforced by the military

• Significant corruption

• Complete racial equality

• Immediate Southern reintegration

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What global context was occurring simultaneously with U.S. Reconstruction?

• Unification of European nations

• California Gold Rush

• Industrial Revolution

• Scramble for Africa

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Horace Greeley's presidential campaign in 1872 symbolized

• Republican unity after their victory in the Civil War

• Growing political fragmentation

• Strong support for Reconstruction

• Opposition to Southern readmission to the Union

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The Gold Coast colony's establishment represented

• Isolated European action

• Broader colonial expansion

• Economic opportunism

• Diplomatic negotiation

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The Hayes-Tilden election demonstrated

• smooth democratic transitions

• electoral shenanigans

• bipartisan cooperation in rebuilding the nation

• clear voter preferences

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The withdrawal of federal troops from the South in 1877 most directly impacted

• Military deployment strategies

• African American civil rights

• Economic reconstruction

• State government formation

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Reconstruction's ultimate legacy was

• Complete racial equality

• Partial social transformation

• Unchanged social structures

• Immediate civil rights