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The choice that was not a factor is America gained European territory after the war and was able to export products to Europe and Africa without economic barriers. America in fact sent much aid to European nations under the Marshal Plan to help rebuild european countries.
Encomienda was a system of protection. The Spanish monarch would assign a Spaniard protector of the colonies. In return, the colonies inhabitants would have to give what the monarch asked back. It could vary from food, to gold, to wood or pelts, or anything.
Congress denied representatives from the former Confederate states their Congressional seats, passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and wrote the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, extending citizenship rights to African Americans and guaranteeing them equal protection of the laws.
