The South in 1865

1. The Civil War As Watershed
2. Effects of the War
   1. Physical Destruction
      1. Military Action
      2. Wartime Neglect
   2. Commercial Collapse
3. Effects of Emancipation
   1. Economic Dislocation
      1. Capital Losses
      2. Labor Disorganization
         1. Uprooting of Slaves from the Plantations
         2. Withdrawal of Labor from Plantations
   2. Social Uncertainty
      1. Black Aspirations
      2. White Hysteria--The "Insurrection" Scare of Christmas 1865
4. Assets of Southern Whites
   1. Financial Resources
   2. Land
5. Political Control
   1. Who Would Rule?
   2. The Third Party--The North