The United States economy before the war was extremely prosperous as the slave trade proved to be a lucrative business.
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The word "antebellum" simply means "before a war." It is most often used to describe the period of US history before the US Civil War, but it could refer to any war.
The economy was mainly agricultural and needed many people to work in the fields.
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.
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There are many things that have happened in the world before the Civil War. The dinosaurs roamed for example before the Civil War.