Title: Free Essay: Political and Economic Changes After the War of 1812
Headings: Political and Economic Changes After the War of 1812
Political and Economic Changes After the War of 1812
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Content: Also, the South feared Europe would tax Southern agricultural products sold to European factories. The South saw the tariff as a way for the North to profit while the South to bore the burden. Economic changes also occurred after the War of 1812. Eli Whitney introduced the cotton gin, which enabled mass production of cotton, and led to an increased dependence by the South on a slave based Cotton society. The South's economic system became so dependant on slavery, that by the 1850's one out of every three persons in the South was a slave. The North also went through an economic change. When the British blockaded the US during the War of 1812, wealthy Northern men invested in new technology. The North soon entered the industrial age after the introduction of interchangeable parts by Eli Whitney. The North began manufacturing products such as cloth and textile. In order produce their goods workers were needed.