Which was a reason for the financial devastation of the south following the civil war? confederates were forced to sell off all of their lands as punishment. civilian property was destroyed as a tactic to accelerate the war. american indians were forced off their land at the end of the war. the black codes prevented newly freed slaves from finding work.

Match the vocabulary word with its meaning. 1. capitalism to change or improve something by correcting faults or removing abuses 2. chattel an economic system based on private ownership and competition motivated by profit 3. imperialism policy extending political, economic, or military rule over another 4. indentured an economic system where colonies supply goods to the mother country 5. mercantilism an agreement committing one person to be another's slave for a certain period of time 6. reform a type of slavery where the slave is the sole property of the master with no rights