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The South

The South. The Cotton Kingdom. The Southern ___________________ Largely Conservative saw little need for manufacturing or ______________________ Led to growth of _______________________ Few large cities only ________________________compared to northern cities. Economy. trade.

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The South

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  1. The South

  2. The Cotton Kingdom • The Southern ___________________ • Largely Conservative • saw little need for manufacturing or ______________________ • Led to growth of _______________________ • Few large cities • only ________________________compared to northern cities Economy trade plantations New Orleans

  3. Few factories • made flour & cotton cloth • Processed ________________________ • Mostly for _______________________ use only • land of small farms and large plantations • large demand for cotton from: • _____________________________ • The _________________________ tobacco local Great Britain North

  4. Cotton Gin • The ___________________________was Invented by Eli Whitney (1793) • Removed the seeds from cotton • Cotton becomes _______________crop of the South • Need for cotton led to growth of • _______________________ • Cotton production increases main plantations

  5. Growth in ______________________________ • US banned the import of slaves in ____________________. • field hands cost • $___________________ in 1790 • $___________________ in 1860 • smuggling slaves from the ________________________ • capture free African Americans and enslave them • Slavery in the South grew • 1790 – _____________________ • 1850 – _____________________ • 1860 – _____________________ slavery 1808 350 1500 West Indies 500,000 3 million 4 million

  6. Life in the South • Class Structure • ___________________________– owners of large plantations • more land = more status (__________________________) • owned ____________________________of acres • ___________________________– farmers and ranchers • made up ______________________part of southern population • owned ________________________of acres • not all owned slaves • ___________________________– sharecroppers • __________________part of population • did not own land • discriminated against Planters power thousands Yeoman large hundreds Poor Whites small

  7. Free African Americans • _________________________________________________ • Descendants of slaves freed during the • _________________________ • ________________________their freedom • Did not have the same rights as whites • Discriminated against • Many Fled North • Slaves • See Life as a Slave Notes Revolutionary War Bought

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