With over 300000 dead, a million wounded, her manufacturing and agricultural base destroyed, a hostile Yankee government and carpetbaggers arriving by by the tens of thousands, how could it not?
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The Southern Economy still remained agricultural based after the civil war, but it had challenges transitioning to paid from slave labor. Also, much of its infrastructure had been destroyed by the war adding to its economic strain.
Post civil war, the economy was in ruins. The society completely changed because the blacks were supposed to be accepted citizens.
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The South's economy was left devastated by the Civil War. Farming was less profitable. Infrastructure such as railroads needed to be repaired. At least a fourth of working-age white men were killed during the war, which cast many families into poverty.
The Union naval blockade, which prevented the Confederacy from exporting its plentiful cotton in exchange for war-supplies. This crippled the Southern economy.
if we were still in the civil war wait! am i doing your homework?!
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Cottonocracy refers to the wealthy class of Southern cotton plantation owners who held significant political, economic, and social power in the antebellum South. This elite group amassed their wealth through the production and trade of cotton, which was the dominant crop in the region. The cottonocracy played a key role in shaping the economy and culture of the South prior to the Civil War.