Reconstruction Economy

Question: Describe the economic growth of the U.S during the reconstruction time?

Answer: The black were freed from slavery and were legal citizens and were protected by the law.

Answer#2: More schools were were built for everyone, farms were running, and more railroads were built. This was to help the south out.

Answer#3: The south lost gold and silver because they used it on guns and ammo. So they printed paper money but the taxes were not enough to support it.

Question#2: What were the main imports and exports in the U.S during the reconstruction time.

Answer: The south produced and exported cotton and tobacco to get money for war.

Question#3: Who was the U.S trading with during the reconstruction time period.

The United States was trading with Britain during the reconstruction time period.

Citations

• http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/reconstruction.php
• http://www.myhistorynow.com
• http://www.shmoop.com/reconstruction/