Agriculture prices were expensive, cattle farming was expensive, and their land was destroyed are three major problems they faced after the Civil War. They addressed the expensive prices by switching to crop farming (plants/tobacco/cotton, etc.) and they had high interest rates with the banks. They also faced very high railroad prices to transport their goods and therefore boycotted this method of transportation.
"<span>c. strong character; military experience with the British army during the French and Indian War" is the best option, since his reputation in this war was great and people trusted him. </span>
