They came for gold, they wanted to become wealthy there.
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This economic change forced a shift in the social structure, splitting up the once united white southerners and adding class to the characteristics that both defined and divided society. At the heart of the new Southern industry was the reliance on one crop, King Cotton, and the collapse of the plantation system.
Clear land for farming
It's a farming method in which trees and other plants on a plot of land are cut down and burned. The ash fertilizes the soil.
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