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title: "Why was the U.S. Navy budget drastically cut after the Civil War, leaving only minimal forces?"  
description: "Why was the U.S. Navy budget drastically cut after the Civil War, leaving only minimal forces?"  
author: "Rivera fuller"  
published: 2018-05-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43025/why-was-the-u-s-navy-budget-drastically-cut-after-the-civil-war-leaving-only-minimal-forces  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why was the U.S. Navy budget drastically cut after the Civil War, leaving only minimal forces? 

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