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The period that occurred following the Civil War is known as . In the South, during this period of time many people suffered. There was great amount of property damage done to such things as farms, factories and railroads. Many other things ....

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... governments in the Southern states that were under Union control. Lincoln appointed new temporary governors and instructed each to call a convention to create a new state government. He did this as soon as a group of the state’s citizen totaling 10 percent of the voters in the 1860 presidential election had signed oaths of loyalty to the Union. Under this plan new governments were formed in Louisiana, Tennessee and Arkansas, but the Congress refused to recognize them. Republicans in Congress did not want a quick restoration, because it would bring Democratic representatives and senators to Washington. In 1864 Congress passed the Wade- ...