AHC/WI: Mississippi rank one of the best

Mississippi is poorest state in the USA. Mississippi ranks last of all states, such as in health, educational attainment, and median household income.

Now, how do you reverse this in the state and what effects it would have?

(BTW: This is my home state and i care about it greatly)
 
Bar slavery from traveling westward. Probably really hard to do if Louisiana is annexed. Mississippi would remain undeveloped for a long time due to the climate, but in more modern times could then have experienced a population boom.
 

jahenders

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Wow -- so many WIs are easier to achieve. I think it would likely take some combination of 4 main things:
1) A different evolution to the civil war, primarily so Mississippi river traffic remains strong

2) A reconstruction that's far more generous to the South and encourages Northern investment

3) A slower development of railroads, keeping river traffic more relevant longer

4) A state government that enables more central growth and invests more wisely in education

Mississippi is poorest state in the USA. Mississippi ranks last of all states, such as in health, educational attainment, and median household income.

Now, how do you reverse this in the state and what effects it would have?

(BTW: This is my home state and i care about it greatly)
 
embrace the fact that they're almost 50-50 between European-Americans and African-Americans

Doesn't necessarily need to be generous reconstruction. Needs to be straightforward reconstruction.
 
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