After the war many African americans lived in the south in poverty, many decided to go to the north states because they truly didn't have the same rights as the white people because the white people still hated them and didn't give them land that they were promised and if they did recieve land, the land was probably dry and couldn't grow much, but under the constitution they were equal. You can tell that the war ended in <u>1861</u>, but they fighted for freedom way after that. You can tell by this that the war was pointless and they still didn't get their <u>full</u> rights for awhile.
It was the "Meiji Restoration" that launched a period of rapid industrialization and Westernization in Japan during the 19th century, since this brought back traditional Japanese rule and led to modernization.
A major progressive business reform that President Taft enacted was the "<span>breaking up large monopolies", since these monopolies were seen as being highly detrimental to the economy. </span>
