We recovered from the Civil War so quickly because of two reasons. First, the entire basis of the war was over divisibility of the Union to begin with, so the w

We recovered from the Civil War so quickly because of two reasons. First, the entire basis of the war was over divisibility of the Union to begin with, so the winning side was hardly apt to permit a fracturing into city states. Second, we were astoundingly beneficent with the traitors when all was said and done.