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What was the Campaign through Georgia that stirred southern hatred by waging total war against the southern civilian economy and morale?
Sherman's March
How did the southern economy change after Reconstruction?
The South had developed a more balanced economy after Reconstruction
What was the most serious weaknesses of the south during civil war?
The Union naval blockade, which prevented the Confederacy from exporting its plentiful cotton in exchange for war-supplies. This crippled the Southern economy.
Changes in the Southern Economy after the Civil War?
With over 300000 dead, a million wounded, her manufacturing and agricultural base destroyed, a hostile Yankee government and carpetbaggers arriving by by the tens of thousands, how could it not?
How would you describe the South's postwar economy?
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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