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The Pros And Cons Of The Civil War

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It is well known that the Civil War is one of the worst manmade disasters to happen on American soil. Many know when it ended, 1865, and it safe to say that almost all Americans know who the victor was. While the Union Army may have won the Civil War, it can be argued that they lost the War of Reconstruction. After the war, racial tensions are at an all-time high as newly freed slaves divide the South into two groups. The first would be the people who want to hold on to how southern society was before the war, they are still loyal to the ideas of the Confederacy. The other group would be the radical Republicans, these people wanted the south to change immodestly and give these newly freed slaves civil rights. Confederate veterans return home
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