The South had remained an agricultural economy area of the US, however, in time, both during and after the Civil War, the main cash crop for the US and the South, namely cotton was being grown in other parts of the world. Tobacco did remain as a good money maker, however. With that said, when industries such as various types of manufacturing ones were introduced to the South it was simply called "industrialization".
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The South had remained an agricultural economy area of the US, however, in time, both during and after the Civil War, the main cash crop for the US and the South, namely cotton was being grown in other parts of the world. Tobacco did remain as a good money maker, however. With that said, when industries such as various types of manufacturing ones were introduced to the South it was simply called "industrialization".
The Mason-Dixon line divided the North from the South, the free states from the slave states. The south, in memory of this division, is still sometimes referred to as "Dixie".
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Because the North had taken over industry. The South still depended on plantations and their farms.
After the civil war, the south did have some coal mines (mainly in Kentucky if you consider that south). But the number one Industry in southern states was tobacco. Especially in North Carolina where the American Tobacco Company was founded by James B. Duke (Founder of Duke Universtiy). The major difference between north industry and south industry was there were virtually no unions in the south.