1. Reconstruction Economics Remember the history types? Cultural, social, political, military Economic and Environmental

2. In 1865, the South was devastated Had No Food Had No Capital Had no Banking System or Money Had No Industry Had No Railroads 7% of Southern Males-Killed or Wounded (North-3%) 4 Million Slaves Had Been Freed with No Support

3. Every white male between 15 and 50 was either killed or wounded. The largest budget item in several Southern states in 1866 and 1867 was artificial limbs. Many wounds never healed.

5. Farm Production Year Number of Farms (in millions) Bales of Cotton Bushels of Corn Bushels of Wheat Price Index 1860=100 186023.8839173100 18702.74.41,124254140 188046.61,706502100 18904.68.71,65044990 19005.710.12,66259990

6. Regional Differences in Urbanization Percent Living in Cities of 2,500 or more 18601900 Northeast3666 Midwest1439 West1641 South715 Regional Differences in Per Capita Income Per Capita Income as a Percentage of U.S. Income 18601900 Northeast139137 Midwest68103 Westn.a. 163 (This figure reflects high incomes in mining) South7251 Growth of Farm Tenancy Percentage of Farms Operated by Tenants U.S.SouthNon-South 1880263619 1900354726

9. Bogart GA, 1882

10. Sharecropped Land, 1875

11. Industrialization in the North

12. Steel Production – 1875-1915 Billionaires - 1895

13. Industrialization Transforms Business

14. Cascade Effect of Inventions

15. Circa 1895, Georgia

17. The Bimetal Issue – or Free Silver

18. William Jennings Bryan Tom Watson The Election of 1896 – Populist Candidates

19. Eroded Cotton Land

20. I see one third of the nation ill-housed, ill-clothed and ill-fed. Franklin D Roosevelt, 1937

21. Circa 1922

22. The Story of the Longleaf Pine

23. Sharecropped Land, 1875

24. Naval Stores and Turpentine

25. Savannah Dock – 1893 Each barrel of distilled turpentine contains the lifetime supply of 33 virgin longleaf pine trees – net profit was about 32 cents per barrel.

26. From 1870 to 1930, nearly 130 Million acres of virgin longleaf forest were clearcut. Less than a million acres remain today.

27. Longleaf forests are very difficult to regenerate and grow slowly. No one alive today will ever see a mature longleaf forest. Longleaf forests shelter one of the most diverse biosystems on earth. About 25% of the plants and animals on the endangered list are native to the longleaf forest. Essential question for your students: What is the worst environmental disaster in the nation’s history?

28. Cotton – The Sequel Boll Weevil Enterprise AL

29. Question: What is the only nation in modern times that the United States has conquered but not rebuilt after the war? Answer: The American South