Question

Reconstruction was a failure because of _____, _____ and _____.
My first reason ____ supports my thesis because ….
My second reason ____ supports my thesis because ….
My third and final reason ____ supports my thesis because ….
As a result reconstruction was a failure.

Reconstruction was a success because of _____, _____ and _____.
My first reason ____ supports my thesis because ….
My second reason ____ supports my thesis because ….
My third and final reason ____ supports my thesis because ….
As a result reconstruction was a success.
1870s write short like 7th grader

Answer 1

Reconstruction was a failure because of white violence (like the Ku Klux Klan), economic problems and sharecropping, and Northern withdrawal/Compromise of 1877.
My first reason, white violence and groups like the Ku Klux Klan, supports my thesis because they used terror to stop Black people from voting and getting fair treatment.
My second reason, economic problems and sharecropping, supports my thesis because freedpeople had no land or money and were trapped in debt and poverty.
My third and final reason, Northern withdrawal and the Compromise of 1877, supports my thesis because once federal troops left the South there was no one to protect Black rights.
As a result Reconstruction was a failure.

Reconstruction was a success because of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, the Freedmen’s Bureau and public schools, and Black political participation and Reconstruction governments.
My first reason, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, supports my thesis because they ended slavery, made Black people citizens, and gave many Black men the right to vote.
My second reason, the Freedmen’s Bureau and new public schools, supports my thesis because they helped former slaves get food, jobs, and education.
My third and final reason, Black political participation and Reconstruction governments, supports my thesis because Black leaders were elected and helped pass laws for justice and schools.
As a result Reconstruction was a success.