Part 56 (1/2)

----437, 438.--_a_. Explain carefully Lincoln's plan for reconstruction.

How was it affected by his death?

_b_. What was Johnson's att.i.tude toward reconstruction? Precisely what is meant by ”reconstruction”?

----439-441.--_a_. What was the force of the Emanc.i.p.ation Proclamation?

How was the inst.i.tution of slavery abolished?

_b_. Explain the reasons for the establishment of the freedmen's bureau.

What do you think of the provision relating to the use of the army?

_c_. How was Congress able to pa.s.s a bill over the President's veto?

_d_. Explain carefully the Fourteenth Amendment. What do you think of the provision as to debts?

----442, 443.--_a_. Why were the elections of 1866 important?

_b_. What was the force of the Tenure of Office Act, and why was it pa.s.sed?

_c_. Describe the actual process of reconstruction.

_d_. Why was Johnson impeached? Why did the impeachment fail?

----444, 445.--_a_. How did this act of Napoleon's set the Monroe Doctrine at defiance?

_b_. What action did the government take? With what result?

_c_. What advantage has Alaska been to the United States?

--446.--_a_. What were the issues in the campaign of 1868?

_b_. What had Blair done for the Union?

_c_. What did the election of Grant show?

CHAPTER 43

----447-449.--_a_. What were the provisions of the Fifteenth Amendment?

_b_. Under what conditions were the remaining seceded states readmitted?

_c_. What was the Force Act? Why was it pa.s.sed?

--450.--_a_. How was the injury to our s.h.i.+pping during the Civil War connected with Great Britain?

_b_. What is meant by ”arbitration”? Is it better to settle disputes by arbitration or by war?

----451-452.--_a_. Describe the Chicago fire and its results.

_b_. Why was there so much bribery and corruption at this time?