One good organizing topic for the post–Civil War era would be "Reconstruction," since this was the stage that took place immediately after the war, in which the North tried to "Reconstruct" the South in terms of its economy and social structure.
The Ashanti live in central Ghana<span> in western Africa </span><span>[map of Ghana ]</span><span> approximately 300km. away from the coast. The Ashanti are a major ethnic group of the Akans in Ghana, a fairly new nation, barely more than 50 years old. Ghana, previously the Gold Coast, was a British colony until 1957. It is now politically separated into four main parts. Ashanti is in the center and Kumasi is the capital.</span>
When it returned it to royal control, it was established as a state that had a local assembly which was some type of an early government that was supposed to be more democratic. Eventually it all changed due to historical things in America that we know of.
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