the enforcement of an occupation the blacks as puppets of sinister northern carpetbaggers" Simon Schama Turnout was in the order of 70%.But among the defeated white population of the South. The first African American governor was elected in Louisiana Congressman and senators followed. Reconstruction, an extraordinary flowering took place.African Americans flocked to the polls. This single event overshadows the decades to come but, initially, there are reasons to be optimistic. Because Lincoln freed the slaves, an actor (but not from the play) assassinates him. The hit comedy ‘Our American Cousin’ plays to packed audiences. It’s just five days after Confederate General Lee surrendered his sword and people are already returning to their civilian routines. All this was to change dramatically (by) the First World War. The America which fought the Civil War was still in many crucial respects the America which fought the Revolution.Protestant, and of English, Welsh, Scottish or Irish descent.The 1860 census classified five out of every six Americans as rural dwellers.
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