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=A Growing Nation=

In the early 1800s, while slavery expanded in the South, ways of transportation was quickly growing in the North. The transportation revolution brought on new industries and railroads. As the United States took many ideas from Britain, manufacturing and work forces also was influenced by Britain. The industrial revolution started in Britain during the middle 1700s and carried over to the U.S. transforming economies and societies.

The industrial and transportation revolutions lead to a lot of immigration which provided a steady source of cheap labor.