Formerly enslaved people had difficulty becoming economically independent because they lacked the skills needed to work on farms. former civil war soldiers took their old jobs. they moved to the north, where jobs were limited. most land was returned to white landowners.

He government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of bosses and their employers, the special interests. an invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy. –woodrow wilson who or what does wilson believe is controlling the us government?