Historians call the years of 1865 to 1877 Reconstruction or the Unfinished Reconstruction. This refers to how the US came back together — or reconstructed itself — after the splitting of the country in the civil war. For this homework,
Pick one clickable image from the years 1865 to 1877 in the (https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/online-exhibitions/timeline-civil-war-and-reconstruction-1861-1877) and answer the following:
Summarize what is represented in the image.
Is it a primary source or secondary source?
Explain what the image reveals about what happened during Reconstruction.
Does what’s on exhibit in this image make Reconstruction seem like a success, a failure, or in the middle (a “meh”)? How so? Explain.