Instructions: Read the chapter on Reconstruction in the Short Response Essay 1 folder and answer the prompt question in essay form. The essay must include an introduction and conclusion, clear and concise analysis, and be at least one page in length (no more than two), double-spaced, with one-inch margins and twelve-point font. The essay must be turned in via blackboard. Students who do not turn in their essays on time will be docked a letter grade for each day the essay is turned in past the due date. If you are ill and provide valid documentation for your absence, you will be able to turn in the essay without a grade penalty. If you choose to include quotations from the documents, please properly cite them using Chicago Style formatting. Information on proper citations in Chicago Style can be located online at https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/.
Prompt: What government policies, legal frameworks, and cultural attitudes were utilized in the aftermath of the Civil War to institutionalize racial discrimination in America? How did these barriers stand in the way of America’s redemption regarding its “original sin” of slavery?
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