Economics Affected the Civil war
Food shortage
The Confederacy Food Shortage
The Confederacy faced food shortage problems. One reason for this was a lot of the manpower was gone because they joined the army. They lost a lot of the slaves that worked in the fields. The union started to grow their own food.
No rice
The south could not even get the simplest of foods like rice.
No Manpower
A lot of the man power was gone because they joined the army.
Little Meat
Meat became a once-a-week luxury at best
What Did They Do?
This shortage grew so desecrate that hundreds of women and children stormed bakeries and tried to get bread.