During the era of Reconstruction, the federal government struggled with returning the southern states to the Union, rebuilding t
he South's ruined economy, and promoting the rights of former slaves. Which of the following is an economic reason that the South needed a Reconstruction plan?
A. Southern states threatened again to secede.
B. Former plantation owners took back their land.
C. The Civil War caused most people to move north.
D. Plantations, factories, and other businesses were destroyed during the war.
Answer is D. The crops were destroyed and the farmers lost their plantations, and great part of the South was destroyed after the Civil War. This situation needed a rebuilding to help put the South back as part of the Union. But to attain this objective, some restrictions were made such as promises to be loyal to the United States.
<span>Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines all became U.S. possessions as a result of the "Spanish-American War", since these were all help previously by the Spanish. </span>
