Monday august 30

17. Slavery, election of Lincoln, Cotton Gin. South wanted slaves and North did not. Popular Sovernty. North was more industrial south relied on farms and agriculture industry.

18. North advantages: Population, Supplies, more industrial, and a strong president.

South advantages: fighting on own land, very used to their own climate.

19. Reconstruction was the rebuilding of America after the civil war. Positive: New amendments giving slaves freedom and some rights/ protection. Freedmans Bureau setup in south to help africans get jobs and education and go on with life. Negative: KKK, north leaves the south and racism fuels up again proving the reconstruction a complete failure.

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