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Brain Work

Brain Work. 8 th Hour ONLY. Whittier needs to order t-shirts for WOW week – at the end of your bell work please put your t-shirt size – Thank you!. Cotton Boom Case Study. Over all Question. Explain the effects of the cotton gin, considering how it effected the following:

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Brain Work

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  1. Brain Work 8th Hour ONLY Whittier needs to order t-shirts for WOW week – at the end of your bell work please put your t-shirt size – Thank you!

  2. Cotton Boom Case Study

  3. Over all Question Explain the effects of the cotton gin, considering how it effected the following: • The South’s cotton production • The South opening up new lands in the West and East • The demand for cotton in the North and abroad • The increased demand for slavery in the South

  4. Document 1 • What did the cotton gin do? • How did this effect the South and its production? Why? United States History: Beginnings to 1877 - Holt

  5. Document 2 • How much more effective was the cotton gin as opposed to the traditional method of cleaning cotton? • How would you believe this would effect the cotton boom? United States History: Beginnings to 1877 - Holt

  6. Document 3 • How many bales of cotton were produced in 1800, 1820, 1840, and 1860? • What new invention led to the increased growth of cotton? • Using the map as a guide, how did the South compensate for the rapid increase cotton production? United States History: Beginnings to 1877 - Holt

  7. Document 4 • What does this document attribute the start of the cotton boom to? (i.e. what was responsible for the cotton boom?) • What were the two final destinations for cotton in this diagram? Why do you think cotton made its way to these two destinations? • With the increase demand for growing cotton in the South, why do you think there were fewer industries in the South than in the North? United States History: Beginnings to 1877 - Holt

  8. Document 5 • What is this map showing its readers? • From the graph, what type of effect do you think the cotton boom had on the slavery? http://img.skitch.com/20080915-tfnetp2fcdk29iyqptexhqef4j.jpg

  9. Remember • On when you write your notes at the end: • Thesis (topic sentence with subtopics) • Graphic Organizer • Conclusion (1 sentence restating the thesis)

  10. Organize your work: Please draw the diagram and explain the 4 major effects Explain the effects of the cotton gin, considering how it effected the following: • 1. The South’s cotton production increased • 2. The South opening up new lands in the West and East • 3. The demand for cotton in the North and abroad increased • 4. The increased demand for slavery in the South

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