After the Civil War, the nation was still greatly divided because the South had been devastated physically and spiritually. Besides the destruction of the land, homes, and cities, no confederate soldiers were allowed burial in Arlington Cemetery, and many of their bodies were lost to their families
Sharecropping. <span>When the war ended three months later, many freed African Americans saw the “40 acres and a mule” policy as proof that they would finally be able to work their own land after years of servitude. </span>
