Question

How did the South's economy benefit from the end of Reconstruction?

There was an increase in federal money for railroads and ports.

There was a decrease in federal political control over the region.

There was a reduction in federal money for railroads and ports.

There was a significant growth in the Democratic Party.

Answer 1

The answer is: There was an increase in federal money for railroads and ports.

After the events of the Civil War much of the South was left devastated and thus one of the goals the federal government had in order to reunify the south was to first reconstruct it.

By implementing a reconstruction plan, the federal government invested money and infrastructure into the region in order to help industrialize and help push forward the southern economy.