They used dry farming and flood irrigation.
It basically was in everything they did. If there was a myth that the gods would hate you if you did something they would express their true feelings on it the best way they could... though the arts.
They passed the Espionage and Sedition Acts which allowed the government to arrest and fine anyone speaking out against the war.
Not just the slaves but it heloed the textile industry and it produced good for america like clothing cause tge north didnt have the right thungs to grow as much gotten as the south did
