Economy
Economy of the 19th Century
State Capitals
in the beginning of the 19th century, Georgia's Capital was still Louisville. Very soon, In 1807, the capital changed to Milledgeville. Then in again, the capital changed to Atlanta 1868. Atlanta became the capitol because it was the busiest part of the state with transportation and railroads. This meant there was a lot of people coming in and out of here along with a lot of goods. Before this Atlanta was known as Marthasville, and before that it was known as Terminus.
Plantation Growth
Plantations Grew tremendously in the south during the Nineteenth century. The leading cause of this was Eli Whitney's invention of the Cotton Gin in 1825. Because of this plantation workers could do much more work and make farming a much more lucrative business. The biggest crop in the south was King Cotton and with the cotton gin, slaves, plantations, and farming, Agriculture became the main part of the U.S. economy
Agriculture
Agriculture was with out a doubt the most important part of the economy in the nineteenth century. Seeing as though 80% of Americans were farmers, it was a pretty stable job to have. Most farming was done on very large scale plantations with multiple slaves. This is why when the union wanted to emancipate the slave the south was very nervous. With out the use of slaves, the buisnees in agriculture would drop dramatically and drastically affect the economy.