... making everything themselves. Farming instruments became mechanized, such as the reaper, which could do many times more work than could workers. Another major change in the late 1800's was the Industrial Revolution. After the Civil War, the people of the south realized they had virtually no industry. The textile industry was beneficial to go into, because there was a lot of cotton and ... ...

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