RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
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The state of the railroads after Sherman’s March made transporting goods difficult.
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The state of the economy forced plantations to subdivide into smaller farms.
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The lack of farming tools after Sherman’s March made farming difficult.
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The lack of hard currency made it difficult to hire laborers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. Which of the following BEST explains why the number of farms increased while the number of acres planted decreased in Georgia during the Reconstruction Era? The state of the railroads after Sherman’s March made transporting goods difficult. The state of the economy forced plantations to subdivide into smaller farms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following best explains why Reconstruction came to an end in 1877? Efforts to change southern racial attitudes and culture ultimately failed because of the South’s determined resistance and the North’s waning resolve.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which is the BEST description of the southern economy during Reconstruction? The economy continued to rest on agriculture and cotton, but now depended on sharecropping rather than slave labor.