What actions were taken by freed blacks once the war ended, and why was land ownership so important to them?

1, What actions were taken by freed blacks once the war ended, and why was land ownership so important to them?2, What is your view as to why the North won the Civil War?TextbooksBattle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, by James M. McPherson (New York: Ballantine Books, 1989). Major Problems in the Civil War and Reconstruction, 2nd ed., Michael Perman, editor (Houghton Mifflin, 1998).