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During the early 1800s, what did New England's textile industry and cotton farming in the South have in common?

During the early 1800s, what did New England's textile industry and cotton farming in the South have in common?

A. Changes in technology led to increased production in both regions.

B. Children worked in the textile industry; slaves of all ages worked in the South.

C. New inventions increased the quality of life for textile workers and cotton farmers.

D. Unskilled labor was cheaper in the North than in the South.

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A. Changes in technology led to increased production in both regions.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the course of the technical and industrial revolution that occurred in many nations during the end of the eighteenth century and the first quarter of the nineteenth century there was a great application to the industry of new machines and steam as a driving element and new techniques were used in all the spheres of human activity, the first weaving machines were also manufactured like the mechanical loom, invention of the English clergy Edmund Cartwright.

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A. Changes in technology led to increased production in both regions.
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