Question
“Potter’s raid ruined us. He burned our mills and gins, and a hundred bales of cotton. Indeed nothing is left now but the bare land.”
According to Mary Chestnut’s diary entry, what was one cause of Reconstruction?
(1 point)
Responses
the need to incorporate formerly enslaved people into society
the need to incorporate formerly enslaved people into society
the destruction of the southern economy and its infrastructure
the destruction of the southern economy and its infrastructure
division of southern states into military districts
division of southern states into military districts
the erosion of gender roles and norms in southern society
Answers
GPT-4o mini
According to Mary Chestnut’s diary entry, one cause of Reconstruction was **the destruction of the southern economy and its infrastructure**.