Answer: Gulags were started to make money for the Russian goverment, and concentration camps were made to exterminate people.
At the outbreak of the war, for example, the majority of the Cherokees sided with the Union, but soon after allied with the Confederacy. Native Americans fought knowing they might jeopardize their sovereignty, unique cultures, and ancestral lands if they ended up on the losing side of the Civil War.
The people in the southern colonies made a living by mainly agricultural practices. The climate was good for growing crops. Planters used enslaved Africans to grow tobacco and rice. The climate and soil were very good for farming. Many farmers grew more than they needed for their families. They sold extra grain and livestock in the cities. Farmers used the long, wide rivers to ship their goods to other cities. Some other occupations besides farming were- ranching, lumbering, shipping, fishing, trading and iron mining.
