n industry as well as communications (i.e. telegraph, telephone) helped in this process.
             The final element to American industrialization was the structure and actions of the United States government. First and foremost, actions such as funding the railroad system and
             placing protective tariffs on imports went a long way to both expand and protect American businesses. The capitalistic political system helped businesses thrive and was also central to the industrial revolution.
             After slavery in the U.S. was officially abolished, the country needed to find new, innovative ways to discriminate against blacks. Enter: Jim Crow, the systematic degradation of blacks through both laws and customs. Following the Civil War, the south was facing an uphill struggle in regards to industrialization; the North hesitated to do business in the South. The North saw the South through stereotypes: they were a bunch of uneducated, racist, inbred farmers. Southerners such as former Confederate colonel Henry Waterson argued that the South had broken its bad habit of racism. While the South was making progress along with the rest of the country during this tim
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