After the passage of the reconstruction acts, it was "military leaders" who took charge of the governments of the former confederate states temporarily, since the entire economy and social structure of the South was in a state of turmoil.
The Democratic Party divided in the 1860 due to the disagreements over slavery.
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<span>D. Many of the natives quickly died from overwork and disease.</span>