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It's also important to remember that this was before the industrial revolution, when almost the entire economy was agricultural, thus the South was far more pow
by jivatmanx 13y ago
It's also important to remember that this was before the industrial revolution, when almost the entire economy was agricultural, thus the South was far more powerful than the north.
The Civil War started right after the industrial revolution ended. By this time, the balance of power was greatly in favor of the North.
- philwelch 13y agoIt's also worth pointing out that one of the early products of the industrial revolution--the cotton gin--made slavery far more cost-effective. It would have died out by natural economic causes otherwise.