Working Plan

Working plan

Working question

To what extent was the reconciliation in the former Confederate States successful in achieving its objectives in the first decade after the American Civil War?

Reconstruction instead of reconciliation?

Points to discuss:

Between 1865 – 1875

Confederate states of America can be abbreviated to (ACS) after first mentioned in the essay.

Paragraph 1

Reconciliation After the war

·      What were the objectives of the reconstruction – to make sure the south doesn’t rise again? Bring the south back into the union?

·      Do different groups have different objectives?

·      What were the groups and what were their objectives?

Paragraph 2 – possibly need to break up – natural divisions – time, geopolitical

Success of reconciliation

·      How successful were they with these objectives?

·      Reconciliation of civil war harder than any other.

·      Have the wounds of the civil war been healed?

o   How long did it take?

o   What were other difficulties?

Civil war far different than any war

Nature of the war – brutality and aggression levels higher within one nation

Post reconciliation – the loser still has to be reconciled back into the mainstream