Question

08.04 HURRY 100 POINTS))) Which of the following statements about the Civil War is best supported by the data in the graph?

The Union and the Confederacy had nearly equal amounts of property destruction.
The Union spent over double the amount of money of the Confederacy.
The Confederacy experienced a higher loss of human capital.
The Civil War did not have a large impact on the economy of the South or the North.

Answer 1

B. The Union spent over double the amount of money of the Confederacy

The graph shows four different economic effects of the American Civil War: Government Expenditures, Property Destruction, Loss of Human Capital in terms of estimated costs in millions of 1860 dollars. According to the data presented in the graph, the Union spent $2,302 million on the war effort, while the Confederacy spent only $1,032 million, which means that the Union spent over double the amount of money of the Confederacy.