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The South's economy suffered much more than the North's. This was because Southern crops were burned, such as in Sherman's March to the Sea, and the South was heavily reliant on agriculture.
The U.S. agriculture prospered during WWI. Since most of the allies' economy was involved in the war effort, they turned to the U.S. for food. However, after the war, the U.S. was still producing crops at the same rate as it was during the war, and the Europeans no longer needed to buy crops from the U.S. so overproduction occurred so postwar U.S. agriculture was pretty bad.
because in the southern colones its better because they made money.
Farmers overproduced farm crops.
During those times, the South focused more on agriculture, farming, growing crops (cotton, tobacco, indigo, and rice), and found no need for factories. To them, slaves and land were what they should be their priority.