After the civil war, the northern economy was

a.far stronger than the southern economy.
b.greatly damaged by the destruction of its cities.
c.strengthened by the abolition of slavery.
d. damaged by the abolition of slavery.

A, the Northern Economy was far stronger than the Southern Economy because the North was in the process of Industrialization, plus it had railroads, meanwhile the Southern Economy was still recovering from the total destruction of its cities, not to mention Slavery was just abolished and the Southern Economy was highly dependent on Slavery.,

Hi, your answer would be b. strong language, expressing either like or dislike. Hoped I helped! 

-Dawn