Southern Cotton Kingdom.pdf - Jamestown Public Schools
Southern Cotton Kingdom.pdf - Jamestown Public Schools
Southern Cotton Kingdom.pdf - Jamestown Public Schools
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Effects of the <strong>Cotton</strong> Gin<br />
‣<strong>Cotton</strong> production expanded from<br />
750,000 bales in 1830 to 2.85<br />
million bales in 1850.<br />
‣South became even more<br />
dependent on slavery, making<br />
agriculture the largest sector of the<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> economy.<br />
‣The number of slaves rose as well,<br />
from around 700,000, before Eli<br />
Whitney’s patent, to around 3.2<br />
million in 1850.<br />
‣By 1860 the South was providing<br />
two-thirds of the world’s supply of<br />
cotton.<br />
Using the <strong>Cotton</strong> Gin<br />
Friday, April 29, 2011
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