RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Virginia was split into two states. Virginia and West Virginia.
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Many towns, buildings, and farms were destroyed.
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The war brought economic ruin to the south, while the North’s economy grew.
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Over 600, 000 people died from combat and disease. An end to the war brought an end to slavery.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The U.S. state of West Virginia was formed out of western Virginia and added to the Union as a direct result of the American Civil War (see History of West Virginia), in which it became the only modern state to have declared its independence from the Confederacy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Western Virginia became sharply divided over the issue of secession from the Union, leading to the separation from Virginia, and formalized by West Virginia’s admittance to the Union as a new state in 1863. West Virginia was one of five Civil War border states.
Detailed explanation-3: -West Virginia Statehood, June 20, 1863.
Detailed explanation-4: -West Virginia is the only state formed because of the Civil War. Just as North battled South in the country, West confronted East in Virginia. The two regions formed a single state in name, but not in geography, economy, climate, descent of its residents or way of life.