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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.

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At the end of the civil war, the southern economy was very weak. Some did not have their slaves anymore so they had to rely on themselves. Some still had their slaves to pick their crops for them. The economy was slowly weakening after the civil war.

It became an Industrial Economy

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The State of the South after the Civil War wasn't its best. It's economy greatly suffered and needed reconstruction.

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