How did the poor USA, if SO crippled during the war years, without arms and legs, manage to accomplish the following? Completion of the transcontinental railroad and the westward expansion which went on unabated during that time.
My point is without the south life still went on in the USA, no problem. Actually the economy boomed.
817 posted on 08/14/2013 8:47:19 AM PDT by central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)