Unfinished revolution by Historian Eric Foner

  Historian Eric Foner has called Reconstruction an "unfinished revolution." What was Reconstruction? How was it revolutionary? In what sense was it “unfinished”? What major legislation and social changes marked it? Discuss the successes and failures of Reconstruction as well as its larger historical significance, including representations in popular culture and the (1915) film, Birth of a Nation. Finally, how does the Supreme Court case, Plessy v Ferguson (1896) undo some of the significant legal and social gains of Reconstruction? Sources: https://www.americanyawp.com/text/15-reconstruction/ (American YAWP CH15 Reconstruction) https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/reconstruction/general-reynolds-describes-lawlessness-in -texas-1868/#:~:text=Most%20histories%20of%20the%20Civil,South%20for%20over%20a%20decade. (American YAWP General Reynolds Describes Lawlessness in Texas, 1868) https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/reconstruction/mississippi-black-code-1865/ (American YAWP Mississippi Black Code, 1865) https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/reconstruction/jourdon-anderson-writes-his-former-master-1865/ (American YAWP Jourdon Anderson Writes His Former Enslaver, 1865) https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/reconstruction/frederick-douglass-on-remembering-the-civil-war-1877/ (American YAWP Frederick Douglass on Remembering the Civil War, 1877)