U.S. debt before and after the Civil War
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dollars owed (in billions)
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Use the image to answer the question.
Based on the graph, what can be said of how the Civil War affected the U.S. economy?
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• During the Civil War, the nation's debt grew by a large amount.
• By the end of the Civil War, the nation had begun to reduce war spending
• The Civil War put the nation in as much debt as it had been in 75 years earlier.
• The Civil War cut the nation's debt by about half.