The ruler put in lots of very specific laws.
General Lee surrendered a. in the village of Appomattox Court House.
it is not Bull Run, because that was the first "ligit" battle fought between opposing sides
it is not Gettysburg, because that was the turning point of the war
It is not Vicksburg, because that was a siege inplaced by the Union to finish the Anaconda Plan, which split the Confederacy into two
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The freedmen, who wanted autonomy and independence, refused to sign contracts that required gang labor, and sharecropping emerged as a compromise. ... In exchange for the use of land, a cabin, and supplies, sharecroppers agreed to raise a cash crop and give a portion, usually 50 percent, of the crop to their landlord
The reason why earlier historians consider the medieval periods the "dark ages: is : the era seemed less important than the renaissance and the roman empire
there was no significant societal progress during this age
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