Which was a reason for the financial devastation of the south following the civil war? confederates were forced to sell off all of their lands as punishment. civilian property was destroyed as a tactic to accelerate the war. american indians were forced off their land at the end of the war. the black codes prevented newly freed slaves from finding work.

The quote below is an excerpt from the charter of the united nations: "the purposes of the united nations are: to maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace . " source:this section implies that the united nations is prepared to do what to keep world peace?