should we show amnesty

i think the south should have been grated amnesty because the whole point of the war was
to preserve the union keep the us the us so why wouldn't you just end the fighting right then
and there and be the bigger person and forgive them rather than punish them and keep the bad
blood going.

were slave better off...

the affect former slaves went through reconstruction was that they had freedom but they still
were not considered at all equal.and they still were in a form of slavery due to share cropping
trapping them economically.but i do believe they are better off than before the civil war because
it was a necessary stepping stone to take on the road of being considered equal and uniteting
the people of the us as a whole.