It created a divide between those who could afford the new technology and those who could not.
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The Northeast Ordinance of 1787 allowed for the creation of the Northwest Territory. Slavery in the Northwest Territory was forbidden, and a new border line used Ohio to divide between free and slave states. This separation of land began a national competition between the North and the South.
Tariffs divided the country since the founding of the United States of America. Northern states had factories which wanted protection from foreign goods. Southern states had cotton and tobacco that they wanted to sell to Europe which paid them higher prices.
The north had factories, and had a more urban lifestyle. The south, however, had a more agricultural lifestyle, and depended on slavery.
The railroads divided the US into four standard time zones to make their schedules more standard.