4. Making Inferences In the second excerpt, Thomas Roebuck
mentions "grinders' complaint" as a health problem common to those
in his occupation. What type of illness do you think this might have
been? How do you know? What could have been some of the
contributing occupational factors in this illness?

According to the lesson, what was the central issue in the struggle over which reconstruction plan to implement? how would freedmen be treated in the southern states? did congress or the president have the ultimate authority? was the radical republican or democrat plan better? would the courts be allowed to decide reconstruction issues?