Below are four questions that define the challenges in Reconstruction. There are no easy answers, but what would you suggest for each? Remember, while you don’t want to let the South go unpunished, but you can’t punish Southerners too much or they will resist federal authority. 1. Who should lead Reconstruction?

2. What do ex-confederate states have to do before they can rejoin the Union?

3. To what extent do you punish ex-confederates?

4. What do you do regarding the freedmen in the South?