1. Frederick Douglass asserts that blacks should have the right to vote because they helped the North win the Civil War. Do you agree with his argument? Explain your answer.
2. The Freedmen’s Bureau provided the majority of educational funding for freed slaves. Do you think that George Fitzhugh’s criticisms of black education are more valid because he is a former agent of the bureau? Why or why not?
3. After reading the viewpoints by Loren Schweninger and Chester J. Wynne, how would you characterize life for African Americans in the first two decades after the Civil War? Explain your answer.