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What was a major social effect of the Industrial Revolution?

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Slavery

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As a result of new industries and inventions, more slaves were needed to run the farms and factories. This increased tensions, which would later lead to a division between the North and South, and later the Civil War.

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The gap between the rich and the poor grew larger.

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