Market Revolution Research Paper

The south struggled for years to survive. When the time came, they found their salvation and there was no turning back. Before the cotton gin, the South “relied on imported manufactured goods” (Griffin, PP7, 10/14/15) from the North. When the Tariff of 1828 took place, the south paid more in taxes than the North did. The South felt as if the North was purposely trying to keep them from advancing and producing their own product. “The US was industrializing faster and faster and the South had very little industry aside from an old textile mill here and there” (Griffin, PP7, 10/14/15). When Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1792, doors opened in the south. The southern economy sky rocketed. “This machine is the reason why the South survived the Panic of 1819” (Griffin, PP4, 10/19/15). Estates increased and the demand for slavery reached an all time high. “Many historians believe that slavery would have been discontinued. But, because this machine allowed for such a drastic increase in cotton production, more slaves were needed to plant cotton and work in the fields” (Griffin, PP5, 10/19/15). Due to the advancement of technology, at this time, slavery was Imperative and without it the southern economy would have collapsed. …show more content…
“We, the US as a whole, are moving at record speed towards modernization” (Griffin PP16, 10/19/15) at this time in the South. As they, began to further themselves away from the North for support, tension began to grow between the two. “The South’s economy is improving and their factories are competing with northern factories” (Griffin PP17, 10/19/15). The South is no longer on the back burner of