they were formed in 1861 XD
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The first blank is 18; 2nd blank is $3.50.
Slaves worked field and worked hard to get plants(like cotton) for their owners to sell. The more slaves there were, the more plants were picked, so the economy was better.
The first major public power plant in Europe was constructed in Great Britain.
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It was part of the Industrial Revolution and made cotton into a profitable crop. Cotton planting expanded exponentially and with it, the demand for slaves. The South was thus wedded even more firmly to slave labor to sustain its way of life.
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