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The cotton gin revolutionized the economy of the Southern states in the United States. Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793, which vastly increased the productivity of cotton harvesting and turned cotton into the most important cash crop. By 1860, the South was producing almost 4 million bales of cotton annually, accounting for over half of US exports. However, the South lagged in industrialization compared to the North and remained a largely agricultural region. The success of cotton cultivation led

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Alicia Rodriguez

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