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Southern Economy

Do Now #2: Look at the tags on your clothes and write down how many articles of clothing contain cotton. Objectives: Students will be able to...(1) explain the importance of cotton to the Southern Economy (2) analyze how the cotton gin changed the Southern Economy. Southern Economy.

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Southern Economy

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  1. Do Now #2: Look at the tags on your clothes and write down how many articles of clothing contain cotton. Objectives: Students will be able to...(1) explain the importance of cotton to the Southern Economy (2) analyze how the cotton gin changed the Southern Economy

  2. Southern Economy • Thrived on production of ‘cash crops’ • UPPER SOUTHERN STATES (VA, MD, KY, TN): • Tobacco • South Carolina and Georgia • Rice paddies • Louisiana and Texas • Sugar Cane • LOWER SOUTHERN STATES (SC, GA, AL, MI, TX) • Cotton was KING!!!!!

  3. “Cotton is King” • US paper currency isn't paper at all... it's a blend of 75% cotton lint and 25% linen. A 480 pound bale of cotton can be made into 313,600 $100.00 bills! • Mills in Lancashire, England exported 7,000,000,000 yards of cotton fabric in 1913. That's an amazing 221.97 yards per second! • One bale (480 Pounds) of cotton can make: • 215 Jeans
249 Bed Sheets
409 Men's Sport Shirts
690 Terry Bath Towels
765 Men's Dress Shirts
1,217 Men's T-Shirts
1,256 Pillowcases
2,104 Boxer Shorts
2,419 Men's Briefs
3,085 Diapers
4,321 Mid-Calf Socks
6,436 Women's Knit Briefs
21,960 Women's Handkerchiefs
313,600 $100 Bills*

  4. Cotton Gin or ‘gin’ • Took an entire day to get seeds out of 1 pound of cotton!!!!! • Needed a machine to get the seeds out (Took 10 Days to make)

  5. Cotton Becomes King • 1792: 6,000 bales of cotton  1801: 100,000 bales  1840’s: 2 million bales  1860: 4 million bales • 1860 – sold $191 million in European markets (2/3 of Cotton) • $4,711,383,678.50 today!!!!! • “Individuals who were depressed with poverty, and sunk with idleness, have suddenly risen to wealth and respectability. Our debts have been paid off, our capitals increased; and our lands are triple in value”

  6. Cotton’s Impact on Slavery • More slaves needed to pick cotton • Foreign Slave trade was outlawed in 1808 • High birthrates among slaves rose • 1820: 1.5 million slaves  1850: 4 million slaves

  7. American Population Centers in 1860

  8. Do Now: What do you know about slavery? Make a list of words Objectives: Students will be able to...(1) define slavery (2) explain it's impact on the South (3) analyze a video for key information Homework: Complete the worksheet from Mr. Collison

  9. Social Structure in the South • Planters: farmers who owned large farms/plantations. 20+ slaves • Population in the South in 1850 – 6 Million • 347, 725 were slave holders (1 out of every 20 people) • 37,000 were planters • 8,000 of these had 50+ • 11 had 500+ • Yeoman Farmers: Ordinary farmers…Vast majority of Whites • Rural poor – couldn’t farm, too poor • African Americans at the bottom (93% who were slaves) • 37% of the total population

  10. Slave Systems 1. Task System – Specific jobs given to accomplish every day, then they could do what they wanted. 2. Gang System – Slaves organized into groups that labored from sunup to sundown (plowing, planting, picking, etc.) • Driver – Led the gang

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