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Part II. Essay. Use the field provided to construct a respon…

Part II. Essay. Use the field provided to construct a response to another of the following questions. Compose two well-developed paragraphs of at least 4-6 sentences each. Remember that your responses must include an adequate balance of general historical analysis and specific supporting details (20 points).    Option 1: After our extensive discussions on Reconstruction, give an assessment of why it ultimately failed. How did the political will to enforce the Reconstruction Amendments evaporate between 1870 and 1877? Are there connections between the Reconstruction era and the Civil Rights era of the mid-twentieth century? If so, name and define a few of them. Be sure to include relevant persons, places, and events in your answer.   Option 2: Name and define a few ways in which the state of Louisiana alone played a prominent role in deciding the history of Reconstruction, from 1862 to 1877, or, during the “Second Reconstruction,” from 1954-1968. In what ways, for example, was Louisiana’s reaction to either event typical of Southern states? In what ways was Louisiana’s Reconstruction story unusual among the states of the South? Be sure to include relevant persons, places, and events in your answer.   Option 3:  After the 1st Reconstruction failed in 1877, African Americans had to struggle for nearly a century to regain the freedoms they lost, due to the rise of the “Jim Crow” segregation system that took hold throughout the South between 1877 and 1896. How then did the leadership of the Civil Rights movement, which grew in strength and influence in the 1900s, take on the struggle for equality on behalf of African Americans in the 20th century? How did the groundwork established in the early 20th century set the stage for the more famous Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s? Be sure to include relevant persons, places, and events in your answer.