Cultural Diffusion: As contact with different regions of the world increased, how do you think art and literature changed

answer: 1

explanation:

im pretty sure

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.

an economic reason that the south needed a reconstruction plan is that plantations, factories, and other businesses were destroyed during the war.

im not sure on this one