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Richard Pryor being the funniest comedian of all time is an opinion
To buy expensive machinery
During the antebellum era, both the North and the South have been producing cotton and textiles. However, because the North has far more advantages than the south in terms of technological advancements, the North was able to produce more products by the end of the era such as guns, crops, machine parts and more.