Which of the following is an economic reason that the South needed a Reconstruction plan?

Question

(1 point)
Responses

Plantations, factories, and other businesses were destroyed during the war.
Plantations, factories, and other businesses were destroyed during the war.

The Civil War caused most people to move north.
The Civil War caused most people to move north.

Former plantation owners took back their land.
Former plantation owners took back their land.

Southern states threatened again to secede.

Answer 1

The correct response is:

Plantations, factories, and other businesses were destroyed during the war.

This option represents an economic reason for needing a Reconstruction plan, as the South had to rebuild its economy and infrastructure after the devastation caused by the Civil War.