The South was subjugated and occupied like a conquered country. Its institutions were profoundly remade by the federal government
Which ones?
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Similar processes were under way in Europe, as small states were consolidated into large ones, setting the stage for the tyrannies and gigantic wars of the twentieth century.
Not the British Isles, not France, not Belgium, not Spain, nor Portugal, Norway, Sweden or Finland. Not Italy or Swtizerland either.
Germany?
Germany and Italy, of course were the most notable. And of course, you could say Britain as well as that Great Britain was literally England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. The same with Spain as that it was an amalgamation of many duchies and kingdoms. And even France contained what had been Burgandy and other states. And of course, that doesn't even count the consolidation of the Austro-Hungarian empire with its swallowing of the Balkans and the dismemberment of Poland in concert with Russia.
The US followed the centuries old process of consolidation of small states into a single centralized state.
