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Reconstruction in the South

This essay will describe the events that occurred following the Civil
War in a period known as Reconstruction. In the South, during this period of
time many people suffered from the great amount of property damage done to such
things as farms, factories, railroads and several other things that citizens
depended on to keep their economy strong. Some of these economic hardships
included destruction of the credit system and worthless Confederate money.
Though statistics in the South were vague the historian E.B. Long, a careful
student of war strengths suggests "perhaps 750,000 individuals would be
reasonably a close" as an estimate of Southern enrollments in the armies and
navy.

In the South Reconstruction meant rebuilding the economy, establishing
new state and local governments and establishing a new social structure between
whites and blacks. During the war Lincoln had expanded his presidency. With
his power he hoped to set up......

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