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Civil War
Beasley
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What advantage did the South have over the North during the Civil War? | Well the Confederates (South) had Farming and Agriculture. See, the North had very little farms and more like city life. |
What were the black codes of 1865? | The black codes, initially created in Mississippi and copied by most of the South, created a labor system that replicated slavery |
What were the primary weapons used by both sides in the American Civil War? | the standard weapon during the American Civil War was the United States Rifle Musket Model 1861 and, with some modifications, the 1863 model. |
What were the effects of the Compromise of 1877? | The compromise marked the “official” end of Reconstruction, but the North’s commitment to African American rights had been on the decline since Grant’s election in 1868 |
What was Reconstruction? | Reconstruction was the reincorporation of the former Confederate States into the Union. It was a long and tortuous road that began during the war and ended in 1876. |
What were the main failures of Reconstruction? | The Reconstruction promise of freedom for African Americans, although realized temporarily during Radical Reconstruction, was ultimately lost in a system of segregation, sharecropping, and disfranchisement |
How was religion used to justify slavery in the United States? | White Southerners considered the Bible the cornerstone of their defense of slavery. |