After the end of the Civil War and the reconstruction era, the United States was prospering and in cities such as New York and Chicago, businessmen and families were amassing enormous wealth.
As these families and their companies grew, it led to job creation, economic development and in many cases , huge charity and trusts to help the common folk.
However, these big businesses increasingly became more influential and started to have a larger say in the way government was run.
With good contacts, kick-backs, bribes and simple legal lobbying many big businesses were able to alter the kind of bills that would be passed and the new laws that can be enacted.
Over the course of the next century, big businesses were able to become ever bigger. Monopolies became common and the great depression there was a clear gap between the very poor in the society and the top 1 %
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b. southern economy almost completely shut down.
The Civil War impacted the Southern economy but not the rest of the country. With the loss of labor and destruction of plantations and farms, the South's economy stood still.
During Reconstruction, rebuilding of the South's economy began. Some farms and plantations were able to rebuild but had to reorganize if they had lost labor. The former slaves often became tenant farmers or sharecroppers with no where else to go and the skills needed to work on plantations. Other areas of the South began to industrialize in a program called the "New South".
Alexander Hamilton was very concerned about what might occur if the
Constitution wasn’t adopted. He had seen firsthand the difficulties this
country faced with the weak plan of government created by the Articles
of Confederation. He worried that our financial issues would make it
difficult for us to succeed as a country. He worried about our
government being able to keep order at home. He feared we would continue
to be viewed as a weak..
