Life was hard because many southern cities lay in ruins and there where
no jobs around leaving Africans Americans homeless and penniless. Hope this helps
The cattle boom led to economic prosperity for the rise, growth, and development of new towns in the west resulting to the development of service businesses, for example, hotels, salons, e.t.c. The cattle were bought cheap and resold at high prices which allowed the ranchers to make a lot of money (profit).
