The values of the Puritans heavily shaped the landscape of the New England colonies during this time in the sense that they instilled a sense of hard-work and moral values in the minds of the settlers. This led to economic growth and higher survival rates.
<span>Four clear options emerged for the freedmen and women after the war: obtain land, move, work for former masters, or sharecrop. Some freedmen were able to obtain their own personal land to work to support themselves and their families. Others opted to move to the cities and the North to find work that was not agrarian based. Directly after the war, plantation owners established a contract labor system that employed their former slaves</span>
true to be honest i think
They were successful because their goal was to get rid of slavery and have the union win the civil war. They were able to get the 13th amendment passed (with the bribery of some Democrats) and win the civil war in four years.
