1.If you were a southerner living in Georgia during Reconstruction, how would you view the Federal government's decision to deploy troops to the South?
2.If you were a northerner, would you, as a voter, put pressure on your government to improve the lives of freedmen in the South or would you want the government to address labor needs in the North?
3.How do you think living in different parts of the same society contribute to the way we interpret historical events, even the ones we live through?
4.Was the Election of 1876 a "Great Betrayal" or was it necessary to end the military occupation of the South?
5.Are terms like "Bayonet Rule" accurate descriptions of the military occupation of the South or propagandistic terms?