, was the cost of the war higher for the North or the South?

The cost of the Civil War was much higher for the South. Most of the fighting took place in the south which took a higher toll financially. Besides, most of the factories and rail lines were in the north which made it easier to get supplies and food to Union troops.

Explanation:

The south was finanicaly destroyed during the war. When the war was over they had to rebuild from the ground up, could no longer relay on cheap slave labor to work the fields of he cash crops.

most people now work in jobs where they do one  kind  of work; they are carpenters, bankers, cooks, mechanics, and so forth. likewise, most  businesses produce  only certainkinds  of  goods  or  services, such as cars, tacos, or gardening  services. this feature of  production  is known as specialization.