Slavery was basically abolished and people didn't depend on slaves to pick the cotton so people just worked for their money.
Mainly for cotton farming from the help of the cotton gin.
In the South because the soil in the South was very fertile and good for planting crops such as cotton.
Farmers diversified their crops
Farmers diversified their crops
Midwest began to specialize in manufacturing cotton
Cotton.
The main industry in the Southern States was farming. The most prevalent crops were cotton and tobacco. The Southern States, before the Civil War, sold these crops to the Northern States and in European markets.
the major crop prior to the civil war was cotton
During the Civil War, many women did traditionally male jobs like farming because most men were fighting.
the dependence on cotton farming in the South
The Southerners farmed COTTON, the Civil War.
cotton