During the Civil War, the South experienced all of the following except?

During the Civil War, the South experienced all of the following except







1. inflation and bread riots



2. slaves running away to join the Union Army



3. women gaining new power to run plantations without their husbands



4. easier troop movements than in the North due to the South's many railroadsDuring the Civil War, the South experienced all of the following except?
4.

70% of all US railroad track and 96% of rolling stock were in the Northern states.
The answer is 4, but I would argue the lack of railroads is overstated by many scholars ie. the South did have some substantial railroad networks and had substantial riverboat networks. The South also had better horses and horsemen - a cavalry network that was #1 for most of the War.

Also the lack of Southern Railroads was a burden to invading Northern armies as well as Southern armies. Also Northern railroads made easy targets for Southern raiders...so it cut both ways. The big factor ws the Naval Blockade moreso than networks of railroads...in regard to significant factors of troop movements an economic disruption...During the Civil War, the South experienced all of the following except?
I have never read about any bread riots.--The south was mostly rural,and the people self sufficient, they usually took care of themselves. There WAS inflation though as the money became worthless.



Most of the slaves stayed on the plantation. Some were forcibly CONSCRIPTED into the Union army by invading Yankees.---But slaves later learned to hide in the woods when the yankees came. Some buried themselves under boards and dirt. to hide.----Yankees would take them from home and work them on roads and digging latrines. Some they put in uniforms to march ahead of the white troops, to take the brunt of any Southern attacks.

Many of the slaves, 50 to 80 thousand, joined the CONFEDERATE army, where they got FULL pay (unlike in the Union) and the troops were INTEGRATED.



The trusted slaves ran the plantations and were charged with 'protecting the woman folk" when the master was away at war. And there was not ONE instance recorded that the slaves took advantage of the situation for 'revenge" (90% had been treated 'right")---Yes the masters could pay others to serve in their place, BUT going to war was THE patriotic thing to do. Nearly every white male of fighting age wanted to fight to protect their homeland. Some of the slaves also begged their masters to go fight too (the South was their home too), and often he let them, but they were still needed to keep the farms running.

Holt Collier, "The Black Davy Crockett" Begged his master to go to war with him, but ran away anyways when his master said no, (claiming he was too young) He caught up with his master and sons, and was let to fight, joining a Texas Guerrilla group and serving with distinction. He later became a cowboy, deputy sheriff, Bear hunter and hunting guide for President Teddy Roosevelt (roping the Bear that became the "Teddy Bear" when TR refused to shoot it)



The south rail system was underdeveloped and had several different track gages, necessitating many train changes over distance. IT is the likely answer to your question (4)
I'd say 4. Being less industrialized than the North, the South had fewer railroads to begin with, and the invading army tended to tear up what tracks there were whenever it could.
women gaining power to run plantations with out their husbands
the answer is 4.most of the railroads were up north.
4.