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How did the discovery of oil affect parts of the South region?
The discovery of oil affected parts of the South region because whenever oil was found, cities grew nearby. Oil also affected parts of the South region because
oil is used to make many things people use in their daily lives. Oil can be very bad too. When a machine that drills oil out of the ground breaks, there is going to be oil
squirting into the air, causing the ocean to be polluted and many other bad things. The oil can harm the animals nearby in the ocean or when workers have to cap the well,
and the oil is still squirting out, so the oil is being wasted.