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Where is sugar cane grown in the US?
It's mainly gown in Florida, Louisiana, Hawaii, Texas
How did the growing of sugar cane help promote the Atlantic slave trade?
Slaves were needed as labor in the Caribbean for the growing of sugar cane.
What was sugar used for during the American Civil War?
Yes. Sugar cane was part of the triangular trade.
What crop was essential for slave labor in the Americas?
cotton and sugar cane
How did the transatlantic slave trade work?
It is easier to look at one product: sugar cane. Slaves would cut down sugar cane (a very hard work), the cane was processed into sugar and molasses. The molasses was sent to new England and processed into rum. The rum was traded for slaves in Africa. (The people who were selling them were other Africans.) This increased the demand for more rum and increased the demand for more slaves to grow more sugar cane. Cotton and tobacco also required more slaves to make tobacco and cotton.
Why were cane toads brought to Queensland?
Native to Central and South America, Cane toads were introduced to Australia from Hawaii in June 1935 by the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations in an attempt to control the native cane beetle (Dermolepida albohirtum). These beetles are native to Australia and they are detrimental to sugar cane crops, which are a major source of income for Australia.
Where does the US get its sugar?
most US sugar is refined from Sugar Beets - but not all of it, the rest is from Sugar Cane.
Is Sugar Cane the Same as Cane Sugar?
Cane Sugar is the sugar that is refined from the juice of Sugar Cane. Sugar Cane is a plant. Cane Sugar is a product.
Is the molecular form of cane sugar the same as corn sugar?
No. Cane sugar us sucrose. Corn sugar is mostly fructose. They are metabolised differently.
Why did the Dutch teach the skills of growing and processing sugarcane to native Americans?
The Dutch taught Native Americans how to grow and process sugarcane to establish a source of labor and trade in the New World. This knowledge transfer also helped the Dutch expand their economic interests in the region by increasing the production of sugarcane for export.
What was hawaiis export to the US?
Sugar cane
Why do the US stick with corn for producing Ethanol when sugar cane is by far more productive?
Because corn is far more popular than sugar cane and is grown literally almost everywhere in the US in comparison to sugar cane.
Is sugarcane a plantation crop?
Sugar cane is a tall perennial grass, originally native to tropical Southeast Asia.
What is a native of Cuba?
A very native food of Cuba is obviously sugar cane. Please trust me!! My WHOLE family is from there!!!
What was Hawaii primary export to the US?
Sugar cane
What was Hawaii's primary export to us?
Sugar cane
How much sugar in one cane stalk?
Sugar made with sugar cane stalks is called cane sugar.
