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Chapter 9 Outline. . . . . sorry I don't know how to do anything with the text :(

Okay, so this chapter is about sectionalism in the time period right before Jackson's presidency. The north and the south had their differences; for instance the south needed slavery for their entire economy to operate, yet the north viewed slavery as BAD!! After the invention of the cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney, the South's economy began to skyrocket, as cotton was now able to be harvested much faster, and with cotton mills in England, cotton soon became affordable in places all over the world. On the flip side, the north's economy regulated mainly on mercantilism and harbors and ships, etc. The majority of the south, 3/4 to be exact, didn't even own slaves. Pretty much the only farmers who owned slaves owned over 100 of them, and owned more then 1000 acres of land. These farmers, who were the richest and most ELITE farmers, owned enough slaves to almost outnumber the whites in the south.

That's all for now. I'll add more later.