After the Civil War there was an effort by whites to maintain

Most white Southerners reacted to defeat and emancipation with dismay. Many families had suffered the loss of loved ones and the destruction of property. Some thought of leaving the South altogether, or retreated into nostalgia for the Old South and the Lost Cause of the Confederacy.

Explanation:

THESE ARE NOT MY WORDS!  I got it from another source: https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/exhibits/reconstruction/section2/section2_intro.html

just so you know:) I hope this helps!

the statment would be a easy nonviolent one

consider an orange peel: if you want to try and lay it flat, you have to stretch it, we know exactly how things are being stretched or squashed at any given point. we have many different map projections because each has different patterns of some projections can even preserve certain features of the earth without