After the civil war, the southern economy

became primarily industrial.

continued to be agrarian.

never rebounded.

was driven by livestock.

Sharecropping and tenant farming took the place of slavery and the plantation system in the South.

Explanation:

the following best describes postwar era writers in their works:

many writers,authors,novelists,poets concentrated more on social art and social writing and stayed away from political writings.

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