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title: "Why did the southern cotton industry have a hard time recovering after the Civil War?"  
description: "Why did the southern cotton industry have a hard time recovering after the Civil War?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-05-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43178/why-did-the-southern-cotton-industry-have-a-hard-time-recovering-after-the-civil-war  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did the southern cotton industry have a hard time recovering after the Civil War?

Why did the southern [cotton industry](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41786/what-was-the-different-roles-the-north-and-the-south-had-in-the-cotton-industry-and-thus-slavery) have a hard time recovering after the [Civil War](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51320/what-problems-did-the-south-have-after-the-civil-war)?\
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