 | Chapter Objectives
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When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to:
- Discuss the twofold challenge of Reconstruction following the defeat of the Confederacy.
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- Describe Lincoln's and Johnson's plans of Reconstruction, and the failure of Johnson's program.
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- Describe the growing conflict between Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction.
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- Discuss the nature of Congressional Reconstruction, including the principal laws and amendments passed as part of this program.
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- Discuss the course of Reconstruction in the southern states, including the aspirations and experiences of black southerners.
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- Describe the abandonment of Reconstruction, the causes for its failure, and its racial legacy.
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