Pecans.
the major crop prior to the civil war was cotton
Before the cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney, producing cotton was very difficult and long process in the South. And slaves were expensive. When the cotton gin was introduced to the South, cotton became even more profitable and easier to produce resulting in more money to buy more slaves. This really killed the US and was one factor that led to The Civil War because more Slaves were needed to produce all the cotton that was grown.
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The cotton gin
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The cotton gin
Made cotton extremely profitable. Caused a cotton boom in the South. Greater influx of slaves. Arguably an indirect cause of the civil war.
Made cotton extremely profitable. Caused a cotton boom in the South. Greater influx of slaves. Arguably an indirect cause of the civil war.
The South - because it was the mainstay of the highly profitable cotton industry.
The invention that had a huge impact on the economy of the southern US before the Civil War was the cotton gin. Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry by automating the process of removing seeds from cotton fibers. This boosted cotton production and made it more profitable for southern planters, solidifying the region's dependence on slave labor and leading to the expansion of cotton plantations.
Cotton.
"King Cotton" was one of the major crops of the South before the Civil War. It was not only vital for the southern economy, but also the Northern and English industrialist. Antebellum South provided 50% of the worlds supply of cotton. In order to make a profit off this crop, huge tracts of land (newly acquired from Western territory) and many laborers (slaves) were required. This caused the slave economy in the South to become necessary as well as accepted. Once the cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney, cotton became even more of a profitable crop to grow and the dwindling slave economy was revived. After the Civil War, cotton was no longer a profitable crop, and ceased to be widely grown.
N&S Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. (Probably more)
the major crop prior to the civil war was cotton
As the US Civil War unfolded, cotton plantations had spread from South Carolina. The movement from this state took a westward and southern direction with Georgia, northern Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas becoming large cotton plantation states.
The growing of cotton requires a relatively warm climate. This the South had in places like Alabama and Georgia. The North, however, was allowed to buy cotton from the South during the war by the special permit issued by the US Treasury.
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