They give you work and insurance coverage i think my moms ex boyfriend has been working with the union for over 20 years
It depends on where each group lived, in the south most people saw it as a good thing towards their freedom, in the north they saw it as a massacre from the south.
The civil war came to an end when a big turning point Lincoln did the emancipation proclamation when freed slaves in the south if they can get to the north. With England not joining the Confederacy, the lost men, military and strength. The war ended in Spring, 1865. Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865.
Among the other achievements of Reconstruction were the South's first state-funded public school systems, more equitable taxation legislation, laws against racial discrimination in public transport and accommodations and ambitious economic development programs (including aid to railroads and other enterprises).
