Chapter 16: The Agony of Reconstruction

Chapter 16: The Agony of Reconstruction focuses on:
 * Clashes between Congress and the President
 * Southern Reconstruction
 * The end of Reconstruction

Section Headings

 * 1) Introduction: Robert Smalls and Black Politicians during Reconstruction (451)
 * 2) The President versus Congress (452)
 * 3) Wartime Reconstruction (453)
 * 4) Andrew Johnson at the Helm (453)
 * 5) Congress Takes the Initiative (456)
 * 6) Congressional Reconstruction Plan Enacted (457)
 * 7) The Impeachment Crisis (458)
 * 8) Reconstructing Southern Society (460)
 * 9) Reorganizing Land and Labor (460)
 * 10) Black Codes: A New Name for Slavery? (462)
 * 11) Republican Rule in the South (462)
 * 12) Claiming Public and Private Rights (464)
 * 13) Retreat from Reconstruction (466)
 * 14) Rise of the Money Question (466)
 * 15) Final Efforts of Reconstruction (467)
 * 16) A Reign of Terror Against Blacks (467)
 * 17) Spoilsmen versus Reformers (470)
 * 18) Reunion and the New South (471)
 * 19) The Compromise of 1877 (471)
 * 20) "Redeeming" a New South (472)
 * 21) The Rise of Jim Crow (473)
 * 22) Conclusion: Henry McNeal Turner and the "Unfinished Revolution" (477)