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on manufacturing products and



             agriculture was limited to small-




             scale farms. Only a small minority



             in the northern side focused on



             farming. In contrast, the southern




             side was mainly focused on farming.



             Their system was based on farming



             crops, especially cotton and tobacco,                                                                                       As  the  North  started  to  oppose




             which were grown by black slaves.                                                                                           slavery, the South started to fear



             They were the essence of  these                                                                                             that their economy would degrade.




             farms because these slaves were                                                                                             They thought that if  slavery was



             forced to produce more products                                                                                             to be abolished, there would be




             even though they were tired.                                                                                                nobody else to work on farms. After



                                                                                                                                         arguments started to get heated,
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