A Booming Industry In The 1800's

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In the 1800´s the two major sources of revenue in the U.S, if not the world, were agriculture and industry. These two trades are completely dependent on each other, and must coexist in order to have civilization. So without one another, they entirety of civilization could crumble.

In the mid-late 1800´s things were starting to look up for the U.S. A booming industry in the north, mass producing and inventing everything the world wanted or needed, and a mass of agriculture in the south, producing all the food for a nation and more. Because of these two booming powers, the U.S was set for greatness. Many people, however wanted things to be different. Some people thought that the us should split because of the south being mainly agricultural

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