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Why did southern cotton mills have more advantage over northern mills?
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How much of the worlds cotton supply came from the southern US?
By 1860, cotton fueled the Southern economy and helped the Northern textile mills. Two thirds of the world's cotton was produced by the Southern plantations. The northern textile mills were effected by the disruption of the US Civil War in that by 1860, mills sold $100 million worth of cloth made from cotton.
How were northern textile mills and southern cotton plantations linked What key invention deepened this connection?
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How were Northern textile mills and Southern cotton plantations linked?
Southern slaves produced the cotton, and workers at Northern mills (who were paid not much more than slaves) turned it into clothing, bedding, and other items. This was the main reason many Northerners were against abolition: the loss of slave labor would affect not just the South's plantation society, but the North's industrial economy as well.
Did the south import cotton to the north?
The cotton was sold to cotton mills mainly located in southern states. Millions of bales of cotton were also shipped to Europe. English mills bought southern cotton so much that the southern states thought the English would help them in the civil war, but they had full wear houses of bales of cotton. By-the-way the cotton mills produced much of the cotton fabric sold in the United States until the 1980's.
Which is most associated with the New South?
Cotton and Steel mills
How were Northern mills and Southern plantations connected?
The Southern plantations were connected to the Northern mills because without the Southern plantations, the Northern Factories would have no crop to turn into products. For example, cotton would be picked by the slaves on the Southern plantations, and then be brought up to the Northern factories in order to mass produce such things like clothing. This occurred especially during the time of the Industrial Revolution when factories were becoming more abundant and the deskilling of laborers was rising. Resulting from the Industrial Revolution, many people and immigrants sought factory work, and this also increased the amount of slaves that were needed. Also, such things like the Lowell Mill came about, and the Interchangeable parts flourished.
How were Northern textile and Southern cotton plantations linked?
Southern slaves produced the cotton, and workers at Northern mills (who were paid not much more than slaves) turned it into clothing, bedding, and other items. This was the main reason many Northerners were against abolition: the loss of slave labor would affect not just the South's plantation society, but the North's industrial economy as well.
Why was the confederate leaders confident of British recognition?
British textile mills were so dependent on Southern cotton.
How were northern textile mills and southern plantation linked and what key invention deepened this connection?
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Why did many Americans oppose abolishing slavery?
Because it benefited the North, They feared that the blacks would take their jobs, and also worried that the end of slavery would cut off the supply of southern cotton for northern textile mills.
What increased the demand for cotton?
The mechanical looms created during the Industrial Revolution required high volumes of fibers to make the investment in machinery pay off, and, the cotton gin allowed for higher volumes of cotton to be processed at one time. Previously, it was slow and had been done by hand.
Whathe were the important cash crop grown in the southern colonies?
Cotton! The US Civil War was fought over natural resources: primarily cotton which grew in the South and was made into cloth in the factories in the North, when the Southern cotton producers found out that the Brits would pay more for the cotton they stopped selling to the Northern States and the North invaded the South to reclaim the cotton for their textile mills. Tobacco
