<span>Religion, at that time, was governed by the State. In such, the government controlled all aspects of religious life and what sorts of materials would pass muster as being "proper" and what viewpoints would be considered "non-threatening" to the health of the nation. Any belief systems that were outside of this were considered verboten.</span>
The Confederates burned Richmond as President Davis and his cabinet fled to make sure the Union Army could not use Confederate resources.
During the American Civil War, Richmond became the capital of the Confederate States of America.
On April 2, 1865, more than 25% of the buildings in the city were destroyed by fire after the withdrawal of the Confederate soldiers, who burned all the Confederate resources to make them unusable for the Union.
On April 3, 1865, Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army captured Richmond, and the state capital was then transferred to Lynchburg. The Army of North Virginia, commanded by Robert Lee retired and surrendered six days later before Grant in the Appomattox Court House, becoming the symbolic end of the war.
Dictator, autocrat, there can be multiple answers, might be one of these two if theres no answer choices.
