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From the “era of good feeling” to the “era of good stealing”, the economy in the United States has not always been stable. In the 19th century, the southern states seceded from the union to form the Confederacy; however, President Abraham Lincoln still saw the south as part of the United States and was willing to fight to preserve the union. As a result the United States, torn in two, fought immensely in the Civil War. The north was effective in fighting and defeated the south, who was then reentered into the union, ending the Civil War. With the Civil War over, there was another war to be fought. This war, although not physical, was a war to reconstruct the union and rebuild the failing economy. The consequences of the Civil War intensely affected primarily the economy of agriculture and transportation in the United States. The Civil War was a defensive war for the south. As the Northern Yankees forced their way down into the southern states, the south merely stood and defended it. Along the way the Yankees destroyed much land and agriculture; however, destroying the land had long term affects on the farming. In fact, the land would be useless for several years. The destroying of the land and harvest ruined pa