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This is not a question, but a statement and clearly from a test or review page in a textbook. I will give you a hint rather than help you cheat. Look to slavery and the growth of cotton after the invention of the cotton gin. Since I Know history books I know you will find a subheading with 2-3 paragraphs that will provide the answer.
The invention of Eli Whitney's "Cotton Gin" expanded the plantation system and slavery.
labor shortages, slavery and cash crops led to the development of the Plantation system.
A large estate
easy, you cant use that system if slavery's illegal can you?
The plantation system of the south had been built on slavery, in many Southerners feared that their economy couldn't survive without it.
The plantation system was the division of the land into smaller parcels that were under private ownership. The plantation system started in Virginia.
The plantation system was first developed by Portuguese explorers in West Africa.
They worked the enslaved Africans harder on the fields. The southern economy came to depend on slavery.
They used a slave-plantation system, in which slaves were responsible for labor to produce crops; crops fueled their economies.
The Plantation System is very familiar with the people in the old days.
The Southern Arguments:Legal:- they said that the US Constitution allowed slavery so the slavery is fine( fifth Amendment )Religious:- Bible ( slavery is okay according to the Bible )Economic:- slaves were said to be essential to supply cheap labor for a plantation based on Agriculture System.