Civil War Landscape and the Reconstruction of the Southern Economy
Terms: freedpeople, reconstruction, sharecropping, debt peonage
1863 Emancipation Proclamation
south’s defeat meant they had to be more like the north culturally and economically
2.6 million men served 1540 yrs old
600,000 died
most destruction in the South
buildings burned, livestock destroyed, railroads mangled
financial collapse
confederate war bonds were bought to supply their armies
south loses and bonds are worthless
freeing of 4 million slaves is most important
causes of the civil war
states rights
southerners demanded gov’t take a role in protecting their slaves
▯wanted more federal power
slavery (main cause)
lincoln wanted to save the union whether it meant freeing the slaves or no
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