RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Those con the Confederate side lost the war so they had to obey the federal government..
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Women ‘s bread riots and problems at home convinced some husbands to leave the army
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Destruction of Sherman’s march
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Civil War confirmed the single political entity of the United States, led to freedom for more than four million enslaved Americans, established a more powerful and centralized federal government, and laid the foundation for America’s emergence as a world power in the 20th century.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many of the railroads in the South had been destroyed. Farms and plantations were destroyed, and many southern cities were burned to the ground such as Atlanta, Georgia and Richmond, Virginia (the Confederacy’s capitol). The southern financial system was also ruined. After the war, Confederate money was worthless.
Detailed explanation-3: -Confederate soldiers were fighting to achieve a separate and independent country based on what they called “Southern institutions, ” the chief of which was the institution of slavery.
Detailed explanation-4: -Death, injury, sexual violence, malnutrition, illness, and disability are some of the most threatening physical consequences of war, while post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety are some of the emotional effects.