https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/y4n4qdwbprzi69cv How are the Economies of the North, South & West different from one another? en-us 2021-01-28 03:18:30 UTC 2025-09-10 00:02:31 UTC hello@padlet.com masonk2 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/y4n4qdwbprzi69cv/wish/1134529504 Think back to your notes from last week.  Explain how the economies of the North, South, & West are growing different than one another. 

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- industrialized (textile industry, cotton gins, women worked the factories)
- abolishing slavery
- growing populations (urbanized)

South
- plantations for cotton (run by slaves mostly, owned by white men)
- crops and agricultural (little factory systems)
- slavery was a major part

West
- people began population western states
- ohio, and other states became part of U.S.
- erie canal and marketing revolution spark economic growth through trading routes and new populations 
- cattle raising became prominent in western states]]> 2021-02-02 18:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/y4n4qdwbprzi69cv/wish/1155390774 williampanepinto2024 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/y4n4qdwbprzi69cv/wish/1155391522 North
-lots of factories
-used machines like the cotton gin
-women were hired to work in factories
-little slavery in the North

South
-heavily relied on agriculture
-still had slaves to work on plantations
-harvested crops like cotton

West
-population started to rapidly increase
-cattle farms
-Erie Canal opened up trade between west and other regions which boosted the economy in the west]]> 2021-02-02 18:47:19 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/y4n4qdwbprzi69cv/wish/1155391522