Q1. What does Woodward mean by the "Second Reconstruction?" What brought it about? Is this an accurate description of the period in question? What are the similarities/differences between these periods?
Q2. How does Woodward divide Southern history? Why? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this periodization scheme for understanding Southern History?
Q3. What explained the degree of interracial progeny (mulattos) and cohabitation in the Southern states during the slave period?
Q4. Where did segregation originate? Why? Why is this important for Woodward's argument?
Q5. What is Woodward's overall thesis for this book? Try to identify a speci?c quote and page number (hint: check the intro).
Q6. What is the thesis of "Of Old Regimes and Reconstructions?" What is the point of this chapter, i.e., how does it contribute to proving Woodward's overall thesis for the book?