For Thursday, 4/11 read Barney, chapter 7 (but you may skip pp. 236-239 --section on "The Endangered Republican Party")
Know the following:

What does "Reconstruction" refer to?
What were Lincoln's ideas on Reconstruction?
13th amendment
President Johnson's views on blacks, and on Reconstruction
Why Congress was upset with Johnson's plan of Reconstruction
Southern Black Codes
What "Congressional Reconstruction" consisted of
Freedmen's Bureau
14th amendment
Reconstruction Act of 1867
Components of the conservative backlash against Republicanism
Why U.S.Grant popular among Republicans