Slaves were needed to help maintain the local economy.|South
Slavery was not a religious wrong because it appeared in the Bible.|South
Slavery was morally wrong because it stripped humans of their dignity. |North
God created everyone equally, with the same rights. | North.
As part of being readmitted to the Union, states had to ratify the new amendments to the Constitution. The Union did a lot to help the South during the Reconstruction. They rebuilt roads, got farms running again, and built schools for poor and black children. Eventually the economy in the South began to recover.
