Ch. 14.3 The Southern Cotton Kingdom

Which of the following statements can be made from the information provided in the map?

• Alabama produced more cotton in 1860 than Mississippi and Arkansas combined.
• Cotton production increased rapidly in the Southern states in 1820–1860.
• Mississippi and Alabama had a close rivalry in cotton production.
• Tobacco was a more important crop than cotton in Virginia.

In 1850 Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas were part of which region?

• Deep South
• Dixieland
• Southeast
• Southern Confederacy

What was one of the consequences of the cotton gin?

• Deep South farmers grew more wheat.
• Domestic slave trade increased.
• Plantations hired more tenant farmers.
• Southern factories quickly developed.

Based on the graph, which of the following statements is correct?

• In 1840 there were more miles of railroad track in the South than in the North.
• In 1850 the South more than tripled the miles of tracks it had in 1840.
• In 1860 the amount of tracks in both the North and the South had not increased.
• In all three decades, the North had more miles of tracks than the South.

What did the thriving economy of the South depend on?

• canals
• railroads
• slavery
• tobacco

In general, what did farmers and factory owners in the South use in order to transport their goods?

• canals
• horse-drawn carts
• natural waterways
• railroads

Which part of the world purchased large quantities of cotton from the South?

• Asia
• Canada
• Europe
• Mexico

What was the main crop of the Deep South?

• cotton
• rice
• sugarcane
• tobacco

Which of the following kept the price of cotton high in the years before 1860?

• cotton gin
• demand in Europe
• large plantations
• slavery

One reason for the slow development of industry in the South was that ____.

• planters wanted to sell their land for high prices
• the market for manufactured goods was growing
• agriculture was creating profits
• southern rail lines were not linked together