Cotton

The man who invented the cotton gin was...

• Samuel Slater
• Michael Rodriguez
• Francis Weber
• Eli Whitney

The nickname given to cotton.

• white gold
• Emperor Crop
• Carolina Cash
• King Cotton

The economy of the north was based on ___________.

• manufacturing
• agriculture
• capitalism
• tourism

The economy of the south was based on _________.

• manufacturing
• agriculture
• tourism
• trade

The business (type of factory) that sparked the Industrial Revolution.

• automobile
• textile
• welding
• gun manufacturing

This is the location of the first textile mills and where the Industrial Revolution was born.

• England
• America
• France
• China

The name of the man who memorized the spinning jenny and smuggled it to America.

• Samuel Slater
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Edison
• Sherlock Holmes

Because rice & indigo were dying out, what did many people think would happen to slavery?

• Cotton had already become a major cash crop for SC and it was clear that slavery was more important than ever.
• Most people in the south began building and working in the factories, so slavery began to die out.
• Slavery immediately went up because gold was discovered in SC and the slaves were needed to dig for the gold.
• Many felt that slavery would die along with the decline of rice and indigo since there was no longer a cash crop in SC.

What law of supply & demand is being illustrated here.  
When the Industrial Revolution began, more slaves were needed in the cotton fields growing the cotton that was needed, so there was an increase in the cost of slaves.

• Supply low = Price high  
• Supply high = Price low
• Demand high = Price high
• Demand low = Price low
  

What law of supply & demand is being illustrated here.  
Before the Industrial Revolution, all thread / string / yarn had to be made one strand at a time and it took many hours to make which made cotton clothing very expensive to buy.

• Supply low = Price high  
• Supply high = Price low
• Demand high = Price high
• Demand low = Price low