The desperate situation of the South had eclipsed the fact that reconstruction had to be undertaken also in the North, though less spectacularly. Industries had to adjust to peacetime conditions; factories had to be retooled for civilian needs.
Financial problems loomed large in both the North and the South. The national debt had shot up from a modest $ 65 million in 1861, the year the war started, to nearly $ 3 billion in 1865, the year the war ended. This was a colossal sum for those days but one that a cautious government could pay. At the same time, war taxes had to be reduced to less burdensome levels.
Physical devastation caused by invading armies, chiefly in the South and border states, had to be repaired. This difficult task was ultimately completed, but with discouraging slowness.
Other important questions needed answering. What would be the future of the four million black people who were freed from slavery? On what basis were the Southern states to be brought back into the Union?
What of the Southern leaders, all of whom were liable to charges of treason? One of these leaders, Jefferson Davis, president of the Southern Confederacy, was the subject of an insulting popular Northern song, "Hang Jeff Davis from a Sour Apple Tree," and even children sang it. Davis was temporarily chained in his prison cell during the early days of his two-year imprisonment. But he and the other Southern leaders were finally released, partly because it was unlikely that a jury from Virginia, a Southern Confederate state, would convict them. All the leaders were finally pardoned by President Johnson in 1868 in an effort to help reconstruction efforts proceed with as little bitterness as possible.
What does the passage mainly discuss?
A.Wartime expenditure.
B.Methods of repairing the damage caused by the war.
C.Problems facing the United States after the war.
D.The results of government efforts to revive the economy.
第1题
A.理财目标的弹性
B.投资者的主观偏好
C.学历知识
D.财富
第2题
A.收入、职业和财富规模
B.受教育情况
C.主观风险偏好
D.理财目标的弹性
第4题
一般来说,高学历、投资知识丰富的人,风险管理能力强,往往能从事高风险投资。()
A.正确
B.错误
第6题
一般来说,高学历、投资知识丰富的人,风险管理能力强,往往能从事高风险投资。()
A.正确
B.错误
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