19.4 Lesson Review

19.4 Lesson Review

Southern Economy

King Cotton

• Eli Whitney's cotton gin allowed cotton to be harvested more efficiently

Open Ended

Why did Whitney's invention not decrease the use of slaves?

King Cotton

• mid-1800's cotton most valuable export

• more land = more cotton = more $$$ = more slaves

Multiple Choice

The cotton gin started a pattern that made southern plantation owners.......

• want less land so they didn't have to support lots of slaves

• want more cotton so they could buy more cotton gins

• want more land, for more cotton, so they got more slaves to work the land

Agriculture and Slavery

• The wealth of the southern states tied to slavery

• Majority of southern farmers not wealthy

Open Ended

Why might slaves be more valuable to southern states than the railroads in the north?

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true about southern farms?

• slaves were not seen as valuable

• only a few plantation owners were really wealthy

• both statements are true

Consequence of Slavery

slowed growth of industry, innovation, technology

caused debt and hurt the soil

Multiple Choice

True or False --

"Slavery slowed not only the growth of innovation but it also made soil less fertile."

• True

• False

Southern Slow Growth

• Southern states not focused on improving industries or transportation

Draw

Think about the south's geography...what would cause them to not want to improve their transportation? Draw a picture to answer your question.

Southern Slow Growth

• Southern cities focused on advertising cotton/cash crops

  and transporting cash crops

How do these graphs support the above statement?

Multiple Choice

The southern state's economy was focused mainly on

• selling and moving cash crops like cotton

• creating new technology so they could produce new goods

• selling and moving materials they created