The Antebellum Economy, Topic sentences for each paragraph

Opening: The Antebellum period was a time of extensive growth that was the pre-cursor to one of the most brutal wars in American history.

Cotton: Due to tradition and fertile land, the Southern economy was heavily driven by the production of cotton because "Cotton is king."(James Henry Hammond)

Slaves: The South produced 55% of it's cotton and a multitude of it's goods through the "necessary evil" of slavery.

Industry: Northern industrial supremacy was chiefly derived from the advancements of technology and inventive nature of Northern intellectuals.

Conclusion: Though this was a prosporous period the seeds of unrest were being sown throughout the South and war was on the horizon.