People were spending money they didn’t really have (due to credit being a new thing) and everything was basically a party until 1929
to capture rebel leaders and take away stores of ammunition
The Gothic element there is the horror that ensues after he hears the tapping. The character is alone during a spooky, dreary night, nobody found anywhere, and suddenly there is a mysterious tapping by someone, and it turns out that no-one tapped, which means either madness or ghosts, that are either way both elements of Gothic writing.
Answer:
economy was based off of cotton
Explanation:
majority of the economy was based off of raw cotton so the southern colonies used slavery to harvest cotton faster and get more money faster.