Life in the Southern United States: 1820-1860

Life in the Southern United States: 1820-18601The ANTEBELLUM SOUTHAntebellum = before war So when someone says, The Antebellum South, He/she means Life in the South before the American Civil War

What does this mean?2EMANCIPATIONEmancipation = to set free So when someone says, The farmer emancipated his enslaved people, He/she means The farmer set his enslaved people free

What does this mean?3ECONOMYECONOMY = a countrys resources, jobs, & production interacting So when someone says, The Southern Economy was built around farming, He/she means Most of the Souths jobs & people making money, were connected to farming

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Emancipation in the NorthII.5

Missouri Compromise 1820III.6Most common occupation = FARMINGNot many factoriesWeak banking systemRelatively few Railroads

IV.ANTEBELLUM SOUTHERN SOCIETYIV.7So if most people are farmers, what did they grow?

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10By 1850, in the Southern United States COTTON IS KING

V.What does this mean?11

Southern Agriculture12A cotton gin (short for cotton engine]) is a machine that quickly and easily separates the cotton fibers from the seeds, a job previously done by hand.

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18201860Changes in Cotton Production15

Value of Cotton Exports As % of All US ExportsVIII.16Cotton is measured in BALES

A bale is COMPRESSED cotton. If interested, add pic of methods used to form bales.17More BALES of Cotton!

18How many more BALES of cotton were produced in 1860 compared to 1800?

IX.19What else was necessary for cotton production to increase by 4 million bales?

This is a possible time to bring up Northern industrialization/factory uses for cotton & European demand, etc. Before leading into the increase in enslaved labor.20

Slaves Picking Cottonon a Mississippi Plantation21

Hauling the Whole Weeks PickingsWilliam Henry Brown, 184222

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Where is cotton production thriving?30ENSLAVED-PERSON POPULATIONCOTTON PRODUCTION

31Northern FactoriesEuropean MarketsWhat is the Souths COTTON KINGDOM doing once they harvest all this cotton? Who is buying cotton?XI.32COTTON GINENSLAVED PEOPLENorthern U.S. & EUROPE had a high demand for cotton to be used in textile factories

REVIEW: REASONS for COTTON PRODUCTION INCREASEXII33Summarize the correlation between increased cotton production and slave laborXIII34

Longwood in Natchez

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