The South was more or less forced to industrialize after the burning of their main crops and loss of so many men.
Good to know. Not sure if this is a question or not.
Answer: Okay, so I am doing this question right now and I'm looking in the book (for me it's page 360 in the Texas History book) and here is what it says:
Explanation: More settlers meant a greater need for lumber to build homes and stores. As a result, sawmills were built in new communities to meet that need.
so the answer would be sawmills (cause it says that sawmills were built to meet that need.)
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