... , creating the middle class. The middle class represented almost 65% of the population of the North, until the start of the Industrial Revolution. The South's economy revolved around the plantation. Plantation owners were wealthy, but few in numbers, yet they held the majority of the land in the south. Slave labor drove the plantations of the South. The differences between the regions were small and insignificant during the colonial era ... in Congress and on the American people. During the election of 1848, political parties were divided on voting. They voted strictly along sectional li...

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