The Cotton Belt. The south.
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The northwest region was included in the Cotton Kingdom.
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The invention that had a huge impact on the economy of the southern US before the Civil War was the cotton gin. Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry by automating the process of removing seeds from cotton fibers. This boosted cotton production and made it more profitable for southern planters, solidifying the region's dependence on slave labor and leading to the expansion of cotton plantations.
The large landowners typically lived in the South during colonial times, farming tobacco, rice, cotton and indigo.
This New South would have industries based on coal, iron, tobacco, cotton, lumber, and the region's other abundant resources.