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Life in the Southern United States: 1820-1860
Summarize how the Southern economy changed due to the introduction of the
cotton gin
Explain the correlation between increased cotton production & slavery
LearningLearning ObjectivesObjectives (aka. What I want you to learn today!)
AntebellumAntebellum
EmancipationEmancipation
EconomyEconomy
Presentation Vocabulary
THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH
Antebellum = “before war” So when someone says, The Antebellum South,
He/she means … Life in the South before the American Civil War
EMANCIPATION
Emancipation = “to set free” So when someone says,
The farmer emancipated his enslaved people,
He/she means … The farmer set his enslaved people free
ECONOMY
ECONOMY = “a country’s resources, jobs, & production
interacting” So when someone says, The Southern
Economy was built around farming,
He/she means … Most of the South’s jobs & people making money,
were connected to farming
EmancipationEmancipation in the North in the North
Missouri Compromise Missouri Compromise 18201820
Most common occupation = FARMING
Not many factoriesWeak banking system
Relatively few Railroads
IV.ANTEBELLUM SOUTHERN SOCIETY
So if most people are farmers, what did they grow?
So if most people are farmers, what did
they grow?
A “Cotton Boll”
BY 1850, IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES …
“COTTON IS KING”
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A COTTON GIN (SHORT FOR COTTON ENGINE]) IS A MACHINE THAT QUICKLY AND EASILY SEPARATES THE COTTON FIBERS FROM THE SEEDS, A JOB PREVIOUSLY
DONE BY HAND.
18201820
18601860
Changes in Cotton ProductionChanges in Cotton Production
Value of Cotton Exports As % of All US Exports
Cotton is measured in “BALES”
More BALES of Cotton!
How many more BALES of cotton were produced in 1860 compared to 1800?
What else was necessary for cotton production to increase by
4 million bales?
Slaves Picking Cottonon a Mississippi Plantation
““Hauling the Whole Week’s Hauling the Whole Week’s Pickings”Pickings”
William Henry Brown, 1842William Henry Brown, 1842
Slaves Using the Cotton Slaves Using the Cotton GinGin
Slaves Using the Cotton Slaves Using the Cotton GinGin
Where is cotton
production thriving?
ENSLAVED-PERSON POPULATION COTTON
PRODUCTION
Darker areas =
high slave population
Northern Factories
European Markets
What is the South’s COTTON KINGDOM doing once they harvest
all this cotton? Who is buying cotton?
COTTON GIN
ENSLAVED PEOPLE Northern U.S. & EUROPE had a high
demand for cotton to be used in textile
factories
REVIEW: REASONS for COTTON PRODUCTION INCREASE