South Carolina was placed under military control because Abraham Lincoln believed that reconstruction of the South, after the Civil War was done, needed to be merciful to heal the country. The Reconstruction Act of 1867 placed Southern countries under military rule.
If I remember correctly.. she was A nurse on the battlefield for the Union army during the Civil war.
No because it encourages inequality it further influences people's self esteem and worth.
While it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton. In fact, the opposite occurred. Cotton growing became so profitable for the planters that it greatly increased their demand for both land and slave labor.