Question

Even though industry grew in the South after the Civil War, most of it supplied raw materials to Northern manufacturers. True or false.

Answer 1

True, much of southern industry in that time focused on growing and selling raw materials (such as cotton) to be used in northern factories. :)

Answer 2

The correct answer is true.

It is true that even though industry grew in the South after the Civil War, most of it supplied raw materials to Northern manufacturers.

When the Civil War ended, and after the Reconstruction years, the Southern states started to develop some industry in that part of the country. However, the industry in the Northern states had more factories and manufacturing plants that needed raw materials and natural resources for their manufacturing process. Those resources were found in the Southern states, so they sold many of these resources to the industries in the North. Among others, those were timber, oil, and iron ore.