Which of the following was not among the critical questions that faced the United States during Reconstruction?
a. Would the president, Congress, or the states direct Reconstruction?
b. How would liberated blacks manage as free men and women?
c. Would the South be granted some kind of regional autonomy short of independence?
d. How would the economically and socially devastated South be rebuilt?
e. How would the southern states be reintegrated into the Union?
Answer: C