Answer Length:

250 - 500 wrds long.

Questions:

1. Discuss how and why Reconstruction efforts were often (hindered)stymied and forestalled by some Americans? Additionally, think about the ways the creation of the 'Lost Cause' narrative re-shaped Americans' understanding of the Civil War.

2. When looking at and reading the two Colfax monuments, think about why and how certain terms are employed, who the monument appears to focus on, why those choices may have been made, and what one might come away with if they knew nothing of Colfax and its history in 1872. Discuss some of your specific thoughts and how the framing of historical ideas and events can alter how we understand them.