The Union’s approach to the Civil War crippled crops of …show more content…
The general believed that if the average southern white man who was left to his own devices, he would soon create a new arrangement of mandatory labor, a system that had resembled slavery but in its own uniqueness. “To protect their freedom-blacks would need federal protection, land of their own, and voting rights.”(The American Promise, Volume II: Since 1865: A History of the United States. Jan 9, 2012 pg. 500) The point Schurz was trying to make was that both the northerners and the freed slaves would have to continue to fight in order to break through during this revolution, Explaining “Half accomplished”. This mentality of inequality must make the transition to freedom to all in order for America to grow and prosper. Before hostility arose from within the states, there was a time when the “First” Americans roamed freely on the Great Plains. The Native Americans believed the land was for everyone. The Natives at the time were communal and made sure everything was hunted and discovered shared among their community. The belief system of the Natives in the Great Plains was of a “Spiritual World,” this meant that there were numerous spiritual beings that governed over all that surrounded