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Why would the loss of farms make it especially difficult for the Southern economy to recover?

In the text, you read this about the South's economic situation after the war:
Economic conditions in the South were far worse than in the North. Confederate soldiers had little chance of taking up where they had left off. In some areas, every house, barn, and bridge had been destroyed. Two thirds of the South's railroad tracks had been turned into twisted heaps of scrap. The cities of Columbia, Richmond, and Atlanta had been leveled.
The war wrecked the South's financial system. After the war, Confederate money was worthless. People who had loaned money to the Confederacy were never repaid.
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• The Southern economy was largely based on agriculture.
• The South would not be able to grow surplus crops for sale.
• Many Southern industries would fail without the crops.
• Most Southerners could not afford to rebuild their farms.

The loss of farms would make it especially difficult for the Southern economy to recover because the Southern economy was largely dependent on agriculture. Without farms producing crops for sale, there would be a lack of surplus crops to generate income. This would also lead to the failure of many Southern industries that relied on agricultural products as raw materials. Additionally, most Southerners would not be able to afford to rebuild their farms after the destruction caused by the war, further hindering economic recovery.