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the invention of the cotton gin in 1793 so cotton became very profitable the machine was abe to reduce the time it took to seperate the seeds from the flower. There was an increase of plantations in the south where there was alot of farm land. The plantations moved from other crops to cotton so that meant they needed a large amount of cheap labors or slaves. The souths econemy became a one crop economy and that crop was cotton. The south depeded on cotton so therfor depednded on slaves. On the other hand the north had a city and industry based economy not so much agricultur, The north actually would purchase raw cotton and turn them into finished goods. This set up a huge difference in the two ecnomic attitudes. The south was based on agriculture and the north was set on more of a city life.media type="youtube" key="epHXVlWM2YE?fs=1" height="385" width="640"life on the plantation