Q: The term Reconstruction Era, in the context of the history of the United States, has two senses: the first covers the complete history of the entire country from 1865 to 1877 following the American Civil War (1861 to 1865); the second sense focuses on the attempted transformation of the Southern United States from 1863 to 1877, as directed by Congress, with the reconstruction of state and society. With the three Reconstruction Amendments, the era saw the first amendments to the U.S. Constitution in decades.

Three visions of Civil War memory appeared during Reconstruction: the reconciliationist vision, which was rooted in coping with the death and devastation the war had brought; the white supremacist vision, which included terror and violence; and the emancipationist vision, which sought full freedom, citizenship and Constitutional equality for African Americans.

Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson both took moderate positions designed to bring the South back into the union as quickly as possible, while Radical Republicans in Congress sought stronger measures to upgrade the rights of African Americans, including the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, while curtailing the rights of former Confederates, such as through the provisions of the WadeDavis Bill. Johnson followed a lenient policy toward ex-Confederates. Lincoln's last speeches show that he was leaning toward supporting the enfranchisement of all freedmen, whereas Johnson was opposed to this.

Answer the following questions:
1. How many ways did we look at the Reconstruction Era?
2. What years does the first one span?
3. What event preceded this?
4. When was that?
5. How much of the country does this version cover?
6. What part does the other version concern?
7. What years?
8. Who was trying change the south?
9. What did they use?
10. How many?
11. What were they amending?
12. How long had it been since it was amended?
13. What kind of position did Lincoln have?
14. What did he want to reunite?
15. With what?
16. How fast?
17. Who shared this idea?
18. What did Congress want to do for African Americans?
19. What was one amendment that would do that?
20. What bill was about former Confederates?
A: 1. two
2. 1865-1877
3. American Civil War
4. 1861 to 1865
5. the entire country
6. the attempted transformation of the Southern United States
7. 1863-1877
8. Congress
9. Reconstruction Amendments
10. three
11. the U.S. Constitution
12. in decades
13. moderate
14. the union
15. the South
16. as quickly as possible
17. Andrew Johnson
18. upgrade their rights
19. Fourteenth Amendment
20. WadeDavis Bill
Q: Washington (CNN) -- The Pentagon general counsel threatened legal action Thursday against a former Navy SEAL who wrote a revealing book about last year's Osama bin Laden raid, warning him he has violated secrecy agreements and broken federal law.

In a letter addressed to "Mark Owen," the pen name of book author Matt Bissonnette, General Counsel Jeh Charles Johnson wrote the Pentagon is considering pursuing "all remedies legally available" against the former SEAL and his publisher, Penguin Putnam.

"In the judgment of the Department of Defense, you are in material breach and violation of the nondisclosure agreements you signed. Further public dissemination of your book will aggravate your breach and violation of your agreements," Johnson wrote.

The book is called "No Easy Day" and is a gripping account of the Navy SEAL raid on bin Laden's compound in Pakistan last year that ended in the death of the world's most notorious terrorist leader.

The story sheds more light on the now famous skill and daring of the SEALs. But the book's very existence stoked controversy because members of the elite unit don't usually divulge details of their operations.

The book is one of several accounts about the operation to have surfaced after last year's raid.

Buzz ramps up over SEAL's bin Laden book

Government officials only recently became aware the former SEAL was writing a book, but they were told it encompassed more than just the raid and included vignettes from training and other missions.

They wanted to see a copy, a Defense Department official said, to make sure no classified information would be released and to see if the book contained any information that might identify other team members.

Answer the following questions:
1. What is the name of the book in this article?
2. Who published it?
3. Who authored it?
4. Does he have an alternate name?
5. What is it?
6. Did someone write a letter?
7. Who?
8. What did he allege?
9. Who was?
10. What specifically did they violate?
11. What was the book about?
A: 1. "No Easy Day"
2. Penguin Putnam
3. Matt Bissonnette
4. yes
5. Mark Owen
6. yes
7. General Counsel Jeh Charles Johnson
8. he was in material breach and violation
9. Matt Bissonnett and Penguin Putnam
10. the nondisclosure agreements he signed
11. the Osama bin Laden raid
Q: Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A massive car bomb tore through the heart of a bustling marketplace in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, killing at least 100 people -- including many women and children -- and injuring at least 200 others, officials said.

A vehicle packed with 150 kilograms (330 pounds) of explosives detonated at the Meena Bazaar, a labyrinth of shops popular with women. The impact destroyed buildings, burying people underneath the rubble, and sparked massive fires in the shops, mosques, and homes.

In a year of seemingly endless militant attacks in Pakistan, this was the deadliest. Those who survived described a narrow escape:

"I ducked quickly and when I looked up it was complete darkness," said Imdad. "I couldn't see anyone. The cars and the van were lying upside down."

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Fareed Ullah, a student at a nearby mosque, was injured when he fell from the second floor as he tried to escape a fire ignited by the blast at the Meena Bazaar.

"We only saw a red blaze and nothing else," he said from his hospital bed. "My friends and I fell from the second floor. We didn't know where we were."

The remote-controlled detonation killed at least 100 people and injured as many as 200 others, hospital and government officials said. The deaths include 68 males and 32 females, including 10 children, the head of the main hospital in Peshawar said.

The car bomb left a 10-foot-wide crater, and the flames spread quickly through stores selling highly flammable fabric.

Answer the following questions:
1. How many children were killed in the explosion?
2. Where did the car bomb go off?
3. About how many were killed?
4. Who was injured falling from the 2nd floor?
5. About how many total were injured?
6. How many men were killed?
7. What was the vehicle packed with?
8. How much?
9. How much is that in pounds?
10. How many women were killed?
11. How was the bomb detonated?
12. What was highly flammable in the stores?
13. How wide was the crater the explosion left?
14. What news institution wrote the article?
15. What was the name of the Bazaar where the incident happend?
16. Who is the Bazaar popular with?
17. Where was Farred Ullah a student?
18. Was he studying engineering?
19. Who else fell with him from the 2nd floor?
20. Did the explosion happen on a Thursday?
A:
1. 10
2. Peshawar, Pakistan
3. 100
4. Fareed Ullah
5. 200
6. 68
7. explosives
8. 150 kilograms
9. 330 pounds
10. 32
11. remote-controlled
12. fabric
13. 10-foot-wide crater
14. CNN
15. Meena
16. women
17. a nearby mosque
18. unknown
19. unknown
20. No