Question

Use the passage to answer the question "Potter's raid ruined us. he burned our mills and gins, and a hundred bales of cotton. Indeed nothing is left now but the bare land."
According to Mary Chestnut’s diary entry, what was one cause of reconstruction?
A. The need to incorporate freed slaves into society
B. The destruction of the southern economy and its infrastructure
C. Division of southern states into military districts
D. The erosion of gender roles and norms in southern society

Answer 1

According to this diary one of the causes of reconstruction was the destruction of the southern economy and its infrastructure. Option b is correct.

From what she entered in the diary, this is the only option that makes sense. She complained about destruction.

She said that the raid by Potter burned their mills and their gins as well as a lot of cotton.

Therefore from the diary it can be deduced that the cause of reconstruction was the destruction of the economy in the South and its infrastructures.

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