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About the Author
Bruce Chadwick, a former journalist, is a historian, lecturer, and author of 28 books on various topics including the Civil War.
Causing the Civil War
Manufacturing Census Data (1860)
Annotation
This map drawn from data in the 1860 federal census shows that, except for the region centered on New York and lower New England, the density of manufacturing establishments was roughly the same in both North and South.
Citation
Historical Census Browser. U.S. Census data, 1860. "Manufacturing Establishments." Accessed March 24, 2010.