Pre Cival War Economic Development

In the nineteenth century, the American economy increased for both the North and the South. The North was using a commercial system, and trying to industrialize the economy. The South was most known for two things, growing cotton and employing slavery.

Slavery has been an integral part of America’s rise in power since the beginning of colonization. Slaves were very cheap labor, could be controlled through force, and could be put to work doing most anything. Most of the slaves were mainly agricultural workers, and it was through slavery that plantations became so abundant and profitable. As they became more profitable, they became larger and more specialized in term

Because of various mechanical inventions, the role of women increased more in the textile industry. This new industry consisted mainly of spinning and weaving, two things that they did mainly in their own homes. This created a sort of ultimatum for women. They had to either join the textile industry outside of the home for low wages, or find another way to make money working at home. Some women found the answer, as they were soon given the opportunity to become involved in the clothing industry in New York. Making clothes produced extremely low wages for women, but she was still able to work in the home, in some cases. When the sewing machine was invented, it produced increased demand for clothing, which in turn ended up making it even more difficult for women to keep up with production quotas and make a decent living.

s of labor. The invention of the cotton gin made cotton and slave labor much more profitable because cotton could be de-seeded fifty times faster than before. After this invention, more farmers migrated to the southern area known as the “black belt,” which consisted of western Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. This was the area in the South w

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