Answer:
The Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction was Lincoln's plan to reintegrate the Confederate states back into the Union, granting presidential pardons to all Southerners (except political leaders) who took an oath of future allegiance to the Union.
The main reason why the Puritans left England for America was because they were being persecuted for their religious beliefs in England, since they went against the official doctrine of the Church.
Before the Civil War, cotton was the primary income to every Southern State, but after the enslaved workers were free the cotton growing/cotton picking business was burned into the ground because no one was able to be found to work the fields.
The answer is 3 million years ago. I hope this helps.