Southern Cotton Kingdom

Southern Cotton Kingdom

Guiding Question: How were the economies of the North and South different?

This shows where populations grew from 1790-1860.

Darker blue means higher population.

This shows the enslaved population as a percentage of the population.

• In dark red areas, the majority of the population was enslaved.

• Over time, it shows slavery growing in the Deep South.

Multiple Choice

Which statement is accurate about the U.S. settlement patterns in the 1820s- 1850s?

• Slaves were leaving the south to work in northern factories.

• Many living in the Upper South were moving into the Deep South and bringing slavery with them.

• Slave holders were moving from the Deep South into the Upper South to look for more land.

• Many Northerners were moving into the South to develop manufacturing centers.

Multiple Choice

What was one major consequence of the cotton gin?

• Cotton exports decreased.

• The Deep South had the most textile factories in the U.S.

• Slavery began to disappear.

• The profitability of slavery increased.

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the blank: A slave using a cotton gin could process (clean) raw cotton

times faster than they could by hand.

Open Ended

After analyzing the charts on the previous slide, summarize the information it showed you about the relationship between cotton production and slavery over time.

Open Ended

Using google, find out the year the cotton gin was invented. Then, look at the chart on the previous slide. How does the introduction of the cotton gin fit into the information on the chart.

Open Ended

Looking at the map on the previous slide, explain why the red arrows are going in the directions they go.

Open Ended

Using the previous slide, explain the relationship between the purple dots and the pink background.

Open Ended

How do the green, purple, and red dots on the previous slide illustrate what you have learned so far about the spread of slavery and the growth of cotton production?

Open Ended

Read the question on the previous slide. Answer the question here.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT a reason why industry developed slowly in the south?

• The market of consumers was smaller in the south since so many in its population were slaves.

• Many southerners didn't want to sell capital (land and slaves) to make a risky investment in industry.

• Cotton was simply too profitable to invest in other sectors.

• The South didn't have any rivers to build factories near.

Open Ended

Put the information from the previous slide in your own words.

Open Ended

Using information from the previous slide, explain why the few manufactured goods that were produced in the south couldn't compete with northern manufactured goods.

Open Ended

Predict how the information from the previous two slides will impact the south during the Civil War.

Open Ended

Based on what you learned in this lesson, explain why slavery was spreading in the manner this animated map illustrates.

Open Ended

Provide an informative caption that explains the settlement patterns illustrated in this animated map of the U.S. from 1790 to 1860 (for example, explain why certain areas saw population growth, keeping in mind the human and geographic factors that influenced it).