King Cotton

This invention by Eli Whitney increased cotton production in Texas

• The Cotton Mill

• The Cotton Gin

• The Cotton Smith

After cotton was harvested, it was sent to ________ in the Eastern USA

• Textile Factories

• Plantations

• Boom Towns

The high demand for cotton after the Civil War created

• the Indian Wars

• the Cotton Boom

• Reconstruction

Some reasons for the Cotton BUST

• The growth of railroads and windmills

• A decrease in the cost of land and an increase in slavery

• drought and boll weevil

Cotton farming was benefited by the inventions of

• railroads and the cattle trails

• windmills and the steel plow

• barbed wire and the automobile

Cotton was first grown by the _______ for cloth to use in missions

• American colonists

• Confederacy

• Spanish

In addition to the cotton fibers, farmers can also sell the _________ and _________

• Cotton hulls and cottonseed oil

• Cotton husks and cotton stalks

• Cotton milk and cotton greens

A cotton boom and bust could be described as ....

• The cycle of growing and setting cotton to factories in the East

• An increase in sales and then a decrease in sales

• The impact of the steel plow on the land in West Texas