The correct response is: The Southern economy was largely based on agriculture.
This option highlights the fundamental reliance of the South's economy on farming, explaining why the loss of farms would significantly hinder recovery efforts.
In the text, you read this about the South's economic situation after the war:
Economic conditions in the South were far worse than in the North. Confederate soldiers had little chance of taking up where they had left off. In some areas, every house, barn, and bridge had been destroyed. Two thirds of the South's railroad tracks had been turned into twisted heaps of scrap. The cities of Columbia, Richmond, and Atlanta had been leveled.
The war wrecked the South's financial system. After the war, Confederate money was worthless. People who had loaned money to the Confederacy were never repaid.
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Why would the loss of farms make it especially difficult for the Southern economy to recover?
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Many Southern industries would fail without the crops
Many Southern industries would fail without the crops
The Southern economy was largely based on agriculture.
The Southern economy was largely based on agriculture.
The South would not be able to grow surplus crops for sale.
The South would not be able to grow surplus crops for sale.
Most Southerners could not afford to rebuild their farms.
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