HIST 2057 : Test 1- Reconstruction
Document Summary
Civil war whether or not states can leave the union. The south said states can leave the union and they wanted to leave the union to protect slavery. Initially it was a war to restore the. Union, but the north eventually added removing slavery. Civil war lead to the death of around 620,000 americans. More died in this war than the deaths of all other american wars added together. More people died from disease, rather than fighting. Ultimate failure of american democracy: post civil war situation. After the war, the south is utterly devastated. The civil war was fought mainly in the south richmond, va and. Washington d. c. what cities the south did have were bombed, invaded, destroyed Their crops were all destroyed and no one took care of them when the war was going on, and the slaves were running away. The crops they did make, the union blockaded and wouldn"t allow for them to export goods.
