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At the Bell Create a KWL chart on Antebellum South

At the Bell Create a KWL chart on Antebellum South. K-Things I already know about the south W- Things I want to know about the south L- Things I learned about the south. Chapter 8 Regional Societies. 8.2 The Cotton Kingdom. I. The Southern Economy. The cotton boom

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At the Bell Create a KWL chart on Antebellum South

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  1. At the BellCreate a KWL chart on Antebellum South K-Things I already know about the south W- Things I want to know about the south L- Things I learned about the south

  2. Chapter 8 Regional Societies 8.2 The Cotton Kingdom

  3. I. The Southern Economy • The cotton boom • Eli Whitney developed cotton gin- separates seeds • Cotton production soared- major export • Agricultural production 1. Upper south- corn, hemp, tobacco, and wheat • Southern manufacturing • brickyards, ironworks, sawmills, textile mills, and tobacco • Developed more slowly • Invest in land and slaves not new factories • Planters influence • Factory workers in short supply • Slaves and poor whites had little or no purchasing power

  4. Discussion Question • How are the northern and southern economies different.

  5. II. The Southern Class Structure • antebellum- pre-Civil War South- • 1 in 4 families owned slaves- dominated politics and society • Wealthy- few held more than 20 slaves 1. Busy managing plantation- many jobs • Small farmers- 1. very humble- very few held slaves, cash crops • Very poor 1. Poor land, fished hunted, and raised animals

  6. Assignment • In groups you will create a short skit about the lives of the one of the following social classes in the south (wealthy planters, yeoman farmers, poor white farmers).

  7. III. White Southern Culture • Food and housing • Cornbread, cornmeal, hominy, and pork • Majority had simple homes • Folkways 1. music, tales, crafts, and folk art • Religion • Churches were social centers • Unified

  8. IV. The Urban South • Similar to northern cities • Slaves labor also in city- treated much better than on plantations

  9. V. Free African American Society • Worked as skilled craftspeople, mechanics, seamstresses, cooks, servants • Some were born free, others gained freedom • Rights were restricted- many laws, not permitted to vote, hold meetings, carry weapons, testify in court, and many more

  10. Assignment • List the ways in which most white southerners discriminated against free African Americans.

  11. Fun Facts • William Henry Harrison, the ninth President, was the only President who studied to be a medical doctor. • Mississippi Coca-Cola, first bottled in 1894 in Vicksburg • The "S" in Harry S. Truman's name isn't short for anything. The President was named after both of his grandfathers, Anderson Shippe Truman and Solomon Young. The initial honors them both.

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