What do people with money buy? Maybe they would be buying European made yachts which would have suddenly become much cheaper and more practical than before.
How would I know what they would buy from Europe. What I do know is they would have more money, and the Europeans would have to figure out what it is they wanted and then sell it to them.
Aren't you familiar with Capitalism?
Wishful thinking on your part I would think. Losing the south for four years during the rebellion and for several years afterwards did not appear to reduce the flow of imports, if tariff revenue for 1864 and later are any indication.
So what was the Northern folk suddenly selling a lot of to Europe? More lumber? More fish? More leather goods?
Also, the thinking that the money numbers can be compared pre war and post war is likely wrong. It's like Obama's numbers. The cost of everything went up dramatically, but his government reported inflation was very minor.
What they always did. Buy more slaves.
They were getting those out of Europe, were they? Clearly you are attempting to make some sort of feeble joke here, and for what purpose I cannot guess, because it doesn't impress me, and I doubt it impresses your friends.
If you are going to make a joke, make a good one.
You just know that all of a sudden they would. Got it.
So what was the Northern folk suddenly selling a lot of to Europe? More lumber? More fish? More leather goods?
How would I know what they would sell to Europe? What do know is that imports did not decrease but instead seem to have increased during the rebellion. The Europeans would have to figure out what they wanted and buy it from them.
They were getting those out of Europe, were they? Clearly you are attempting to make some sort of feeble joke here, and for what purpose I cannot guess, because it doesn't impress me, and I doubt it impresses your friends.
The jokes are from your end. What did the Southerners do with all the money they made by selling their millions of bales of cotton, their tobacco, their rice? They didn't establish new businesses with it like insurance or banking or shipping. They didn't build large urban areas. They invested in one item that would help them make more money - slaves. Slaves increased the amount of crop they could produce, provided a ready source of income if needed by just selling them, and made even more slaves. It was the one investment Southerners apparenly understood.