How did southern state governments want to rebuild the south?

Southern state governments aimed to rebuild the South after the Civil War by promoting economic recovery through agriculture, particularly by reviving the cotton industry. They sought to establish a labor system that relied on sharecropping and tenant farming, which would provide a stable workforce while maintaining some aspects of the pre-war economic structure. Additionally, they focused on attracting Northern investment and infrastructure improvements to stimulate growth and reintegrate the Southern economy into the national market. However, these efforts were often hindered by social tensions and resistance to change in the post-war era.