Use the image to answer the question based on the graph, what can be said of how the Civil War affected the US economy

A) during the Civil War, the nations debt group bio large amount
B) by the end of Civil War the nation had begun to reduce war spending
C) the Civil War, put the nation in as much debt as it had been in 75 years earlier
D) the Civil War cut the nations debt by about half

A) during the Civil War, the nation's debt grew by a large amount.