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  1. Tennessee - Agriculture, Manufacturing, Tourism | Britannica

    Dec 5, 2025 · Until about 1940 Tennessee’s economy was predominantly agricultural, with cotton, tobacco, and livestock as the principal cash products. Textile and iron-manufacturing plants …

  2. Textile | Description, Industry, Types, & Facts | Britannica

    Oct 31, 2025 · Textile, any filament, fiber, or yarn that can be made into fabric or cloth, and the resulting material itself. The term is derived from the Latin textilis and the French texere, …

  3. Tiruppur | Textile Industry, Cotton Production, Knitwear …

    Nov 27, 2025 · textile, any filament, fibre, or yarn that can be made into fabric or cloth, and the resulting material itself. The term is derived from the Latin textilis and the French texere, …

  4. textile summary | Britannica

    textile, Any filament, fibre, or yarn that can be made into fabric or cloth, and the resulting material itself.

  5. United States history - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

    New manufacturing processes, particularly in textiles, encouraged an “ industrial revolution ” in the Northeast. The growth of industry also helped account for a boom in Southern cotton …

  6. The South | Definition, States, Map, & History | Britannica

    Dec 7, 2025 · Until 1932 the South remained an impoverished and undiversified region. The growth of a textile industry in the Carolinas and the movement to develop a “New South” after …

  7. United States history - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

    This machine speeded up the process of separating seeds from cotton fibers. It led to a major expansion of the textile industry. It also caused the growing of cotton to spread throughout the …

  8. Textile - Manufacturing, Fibers, Processes | Britannica

    Oct 31, 2025 · The modern textile industry is still closely related to the apparel industry, but production of fabrics for industrial use has gained in importance. The resulting wide range of …

  9. Tennessee | Capital, Map, Population, History, Geography, & Facts ...

    5 days ago · Tennessee enjoys a rich Native American heritage, mainly from the Cherokee and Chickasaw, who populated the area at the time of white settlement in the 1770s. The …

  10. Carpet Capital, Appalachian Trail, Whitfield County - Britannica

    The tufted-textile industry (carpets, bedspreads, and robes), which began in 1895 as a home handicraft, became mechanized in the 1930s; Dalton now produces much of the national output.