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The South's economy was ruined after the North placed blockades on the ports and river-ways in 1861. They could not export their cotton, tobacco and sugar, nor could they import finished goods such as weapons and machinery. By the end of the war, the South's economy was nonexistent.
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Who shot first in the American Civil War The North or the South?
The South fired the first shot in the American Civil War.
How did white landownersin the south reassert their economic power in the decade following the civil war?
How did white landowners in the south reassert their economic power in the decade following the civil war?
Following the Civil War you were immigrants settled in the South because?
Immigrants settled in the south because of low investment in railroads. This happen during and after the Civil War.
What is the difference in a civil war and a war of aggression?
A civil war is when 2 factions fight to control the same government. The south wanted their own government so the American 'Civil War' was not a civil war. It was and is the south's view that the north invaded the south, starting a war of aggression.
What and when was Reconstruction?
Reconstruction is the period after the Civil War until 1877. It was a period where the South was being punished by the North for starting the Civil War.
