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to what extent did Antebellum "cottonocracy" continue through the Gilded Age? ATFP and defend your answer with specific evidence.​

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The Antebellum Cottonocracy was known as the period of the "Cotton Boom" in the south. This good's value was increasing as the demand for it overseas started to grow. This period also coincided with "The Gilded Age", which was a period of great economic growth and many demographic changes, as the United States received a great number of immigrants coming majorly from Europe.

Cotton businessmen had great influence over the southern state as their economic power rose. Slavery continued to be a key factor in the growth of the industry, as enslaved people would be used as workforce along with technological developments in order to increase the production.

The "cottonocracy" represents an upper-class section in the west that earns their wealth from producing cotton or trading in the cotton industry.

Antebellum Cottonocracy describes the cotton boom that was being experienced in the west. This period continued in the gilded era that was described as an economic growth period.

The cotton industry was growing due to advancement in technology while economy was growing due to industrialization and increasing skilled immigrants.

Both these period was interlinked as the growth of industry and economy it created the situation of enslaving where slaves were used in industries to increase the productive capacity of the nation.

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