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On page 117 Blight states "Klan violence against blacks in the Reconstruction South succeeded especially in its uses of fear."  What role do you think fear plays in the recollection of black memory from this period? -ABratchie
 
On page 117 Blight states "Klan violence against blacks in the Reconstruction South succeeded especially in its uses of fear."  What role do you think fear plays in the recollection of black memory from this period? -ABratchie
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Blight states a couple of times that Northerners did not feel ready to make reconstruction=reconciliation.  They believed they shouldn't have to completely forgive and forget the South and the Civil War. Do you think the Northerners who shared this opinion were being fair to the South? Were their opinions part of the reason reconstruction wasn't successful right from the beginning? -Avanness

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