In the late nineteenth century, tax benefits and cheap, nonunion labor attracted ____ manufacturing to the "new South."

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Tax benefits and cheap, nonunion labor were major factors that attracted textile manufacturing to the "new South" in the late nineteenth century. This led to the growth of cities like Atlanta and Charlotte as major textile manufacturing centers. While some steel and machine tool manufacturing also moved to the South during this period, the textile industry was by far the largest and most significant.

In the Late Nineteenth Century, Tax Benefits and Cheap, Nonunion