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Analyze The Consequences Of The North And South After The Civil War
The Civil War ended in April of 1865, and it left many things behind to be dealt with. There were many issues, and in a lot of them the North and South had different point of views. Although the North was very rich, the South was tremendously poor. Despite the result of the Civil War, the Union acted like they were in control, and the South couldn’t do anything about it. One controversy that the North had was if they should allow the Southern states govern themselves. The North should not let the states in the South lead their own government. It would be too dangerous and would be a major setback toward the North.

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