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The South believed that because of King Cotton European powerhouses such as Britain or France would come to their aid in the Civil War because they relied on the South's cheaper cotton. After a certain point in the war, Britain and France realized it would be useless to join the war on the side of the South. They instead started buying slightly more expensive cotton from Egypt instead. Economically, the South was heavily based on agriculture. This prevented the South from having readily available artillery and guns for the war. This proved to be a fatal shortcoming.
They needed cotton because the South farmed. If they didn't have the cotton, the North could not make all of the things they made.
Value of a bale of cotton
cotton gin
It was the first strategic move made by Lincoln on the outbreak of war. But it wasn't to stop the South from getting cotton. It was to stop the South exporting cotton and importing the foreign goods they needed, having no manufacturing capacity of their own.
The South thought that their large supply of cotton was an advantage because England would want to help the South win the war. Although England already had a large supply and did not help the South at all.
The Union held economic advantage over the South because they relied on industry in general, rather than just cotton. They also managed to smuggle cotton out of the South during some victories and sell it to foreign countries, taking some of the South's usually business. Industry was simply more diverse and profitable than agriculture majorly supported by cotton.
cotton was considered as "king" in the south.
In US history and in the antebellum era, three cash crops were cotton, rice and tobacco. Cotton was especially valuable as the North;s and the British textile factories milled the cotton into cloth. To a certain extent, the wealth from the sale of cotton gave certain Southern leaders a false sense of security. Some as was Jefferson Davis, were sure that if the South seceded, they would have British support as they badly needed the South;s cotton.
South- cotton North- non cotton
The South's cotton economy was crucial for the South's survival, and was also helpful to the North. The South's cotton allowed the South to be a productive member of the Union.
Success of a new variety of cotton enhanced growing cotton in the South.
Not all south american countries import cotton.
The Cotton Belt. The south.
cotton was large selling crop. Most of South Carolina's money came from cotton.
Cotton
There were many factors that made the South the worlds greatest producers of cotton. The one factor that did not impact the cotton of the South was the discovery of a new breed of cotton.