The main purpose of reconstruction was to a. divide southern plantations among freedpeople and to found the freedmen’s bureau. b. reunite the country and to build a southern society not based on slavery. c. grant citizenship to freedmen and to establish republican legislatures in the south. d. offer amnesty to southerners and to abolish slavery in former confederate states.

How is an objective summary different from an argumentative essay? o a. a summary should remain neutral, but an argumentative essay should promote a certain viewpoint. o b. a summary should use direct quotations, but an argumentative essay should paraphrase evidence. o c. a summary should include a works-cited list, but an argumentative essay should not cite others' work. o d. a summary should focus on a thesis, but an argumentative essay should address many different topics.