During the Civil War, the production of cotton was up so high. They had farms everywhere, and still needed to increase productivity. So they built machines that could turn fresh cotton into clean cotton that they could start using to make clothes. The more machines they built, they more money they would make.
The economic system that has become associated with authoritarian governments and total control of the economy is C. communism. This can widely be attributed to the Soviet Union's use of communism during the latter half of the 20th century. Although it is foolish to tether economic policies to governmental systems, the USSR has become associated with totalitarianism and communism whereas the US has become associated with freedom and capitalism.
In the 1800s they used steel plows and other new forms of technology. The Steel Plow was used for farming to break up tough soil without soil getting stuck to it.
