History of the United States I / Unit 12 USH1 1662 short lesson, about 20 seconds
New Orleans
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The idea
New Orleans rose on the cotton boom, steam-powered river traffic and its position near the mouth of the Mississippi.
In practice
The bulk of American cotton going from there to Liverpool, and on to the mills of Manchester.
Where people slip
By eighteen forty New Orleans alone held twelve percent of the nation's total banking capital.
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