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How did Henry Grady affected the South’s economy during the Reconstruction period? 100 pts need help

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The “New South” boosters argued that with its plantation economy destroyed by the Civil War and Reconstruction, that the South would develop a new economy more attuned to the industrial capitalism that defined the rest of the American economy.


Henry affected the South's economy during the Reconstruction period when he used his office and influence to promote a New South program of northern investment, southern industrial growth, diversified farming, and white supremacy

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The “New South” boosters argued that with its plantation economy destroyed by the Civil War and Reconstruction, that the South would develop a new economy more attuned to the industrial capitalism that defined the rest of the American economy.

Henry affected the South's economy during the Reconstruction period when he used his office and influence to promote a New South program of northern investment, southern industrial growth, diversified farming, and white supremacy.

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