What was the economy in the south based on in the 1800's?

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Duncan Haynes

3 March, 13:29

What was the economy in the south based on in the 1800's?

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Francis Roman · Answer 1

Many factories began producing textiles (cloth) with the cotton grown in the South. The economy of the South was based on agriculture. Cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cane, and indigo (a plant that was used for blue dye) were sold as cash crops