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What two crops were the focus of southern agriculture during reconstruction?
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cotton and tobaco
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Did the North's economy suffer as much as the south?
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.
How did World War 1 affect the US?
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.
Why were middle and southern colonies better suited for cash crops?
because in the southern colones its better because they made money.
Why during the 1920s did farmers receive lower prices for their crops than they did during World War 1?
Farmers overproduced farm crops.
Why was the north more industrialized in 1860 than the south?
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.
In the late nineteenth century southern agriculture was characterized by what?
was characterized by a trend toward diversification of crops
The economy of the Southern colonies was based on?
Cash crops grown on plantation
How did the Southerners raise money during the Civil War?
crops and agriculture
How do crops help agriculture?
Without crops, there is no agriculture.
The economy of the Southern Colonies was?
The Southern Colonies were of an agrarian economy, so they worked in agriculture, which called for plantations for the crops and the slaves to work on the crops. This became so deeply rooted that this is why the Southern Colonies that were soon to be the Southern States wished for slavery to be legal in the US.
What type of agriculture did the southern colonies have in the 1600s?
They mostly grew cash crops like rice, tobacco and indigo.
Why was agriculture important to the economy of the Southern Colonies?
many of their crops were successful , and also their economy started to do well too.
Why did industry not grow in the deep south of the US during the 1800s?
This was bacause the south mostly relied on agriculture at this time. The south focused their economy mostly on things like cotton and other southern crops.
Why was agriculture so important to the economy the southern colonies?
many of their crops were successful , and also their economy started to do well too.
Southern colonies money?
Southern colonies made much of their money through agriculture. They grew a variety of crops like cotton and tobacco which were in demand back home.
What were the jobs in the southern colonies?
Agriculture was the major economic activity in the southern colonies. The most important crops were tobacco, sugarcane, and cotton, the latter especially in the Deep South.
What economic change turned southern agriculture upside down after the civil war?
Crop rotation and the peanut (after the failure of the cotton crops)
