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Brett Walter A1
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What was the main economy of the Industrial North?
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Firearms
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Textiles
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The north had 30 thousand miles of railroads! Railroads
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The north only used 40% of their land for agriculture! Agriculture
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What was the main economy of the Agricultural South?
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Cotton!
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The south relied on slaves to pick their cotton. Slavery
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The speed and efficiency of cotton picking was greatly increased by the invention of the cotton gin! One slave could do the work of fifty! Cotton Gin
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The industrial revolution sped up production and efficiency. How did the industrial revolution change the way people work?
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The north states were fighting to free the slaves, however slaves fueled the southern economy. Why was the civil war also a war of the economies?
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Cotton diplomacy was the idea that the south would be helped by Britain and France in the war because they couldn't live without cotton. What was cotton diplomacy? They were wrong.
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