What were the issues that faced the federal government in its efforts to "reconstruct" the South after the Civil War? What were the primary goals of Lincoln, Johnson, Radical Republicans, white Southerners, and blacks in this process?

Why did the federal government abandon Reconstruction in the 1870s? How successful do you thinkwas Reconstruction was?

What was new about the "New South"? In what ways did relationships between the races change after the Civil War? How did they remain the same?