There are two primary goals at the end of the Civil War, reuniting the country and emancipation, but no one knows exactly what freedom for blacks means. Freed people know what they want--literacy and land--but taking land from the planter class and distributing it flies in the face of everything that is capitalist. Even before the war ends, Congress establishes a Freedman's Bureau, fewer than 1000 agents to serve the entire Confederacy. For a short period of time the U. S. also maintains a small standing army in the South. Although some Republicans seek to punish the South and are angry at Lincoln because that's not his goal, more Congressmen are interested in uniting the country.

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meaning of freedom, expectations of freed slaves, attitudes of whites, question of equal rights, 40 acres and a mule, capitalist concerns, Freedman's Bureau, military presence in South, Lincoln's plan for reconstruction, desire for vengeance, uniting the country, Civil War and Reconstruction, The

African-American History, American History, American Studies, U. S. Civil War and Reconstruction, Unfinished Nation, The

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