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How did the cotton boom reshape southern society for both whites and blacks alike?
The cotton boom reshaped southern society due to it's demand. With the growing demand of cotton grew the demand and value of the slaves. As more money poured into the production of cotton more money became invested into slaves.The northerners didn't like the fact of so much money going into cotton and slaves and so little going towards manufacturing. Often times small white farmers would be found working in the fields with the slaves. After the Civil War destroyed the economy of the world African Americans basically took over the control of their labor. The economy began to diversify, slavery had been eliminated and black and whits came up with a new labor system. "By the 1800's African Americans owned and operated groceries, liveries, produce stalls at the city market, saloons, bathhouses, and artisinal shops". Slavery and cotton was the South's economy, without cotton the whites wouldn't succeed as well as without slaves. Eventually the whites would have to share parts of their land with African Americans. The South was reshaped by the things African Americans were able to do and the things they took a stand for/ negotiating for. The whites as well, giving up some land, some working with slaves due to them losing their land, and due to all of this was expansion of more towns and stores across the nation. An important thing to note about the Cotton Boom is that it was beneficial to the North in important ways, and it was not something which most northerners wanted to see end. The reason that such a voracious demand for cotton existed is that cotton served as the main raw material for the textile industries of the North and England. Rather than being a distraction from industrialization, the Cotton Boom helped to fuel and expand the industrial revolution. Indeed, looking ahead to next week, one of the main priorities of the Union government throughout the war was to regain access to southern cotton and to put black southerners back to work on cotton plantations--even after committing itself to ending slavery, the Union nonetheless worked to ensure that blacks continued to work in the fields to produce the cotton that northern factories needed.
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What did southern whites fear would happen now that blacks were free?
The huge profits of the cotton trade
How might the rise of cotton production and slavery affect southern society?
They may become dependant on slavery and cotton may be an essential thing over a large area in the U.S. Skittles H. <3
Where were southern crops sent?
Cotton
What products did the southern colonies produce in their economy?
the southern had
Why did New England depend on southern colonies?
New England depended on southern colonies for the supply of materials such as cotton and foodstuffs.
What did southern whites fear would happen now that blacks were free?
The huge profits of the cotton trade
How did blacks respond to the opportunities presented by the Revolutionary War. How effective were their responses?
The Revolution created an opportunity for blacks to begin making demands of white society. Blacks petitioned Congress and state legislatures to abolish slavery and give blacks equal rights. However, the structure of American society at the time made it near impossible for blacks to be allowed freedom and equality (power of the cotton plantation, the slave trade, the politics of unity between northern and southern elites, established culture of race prejudice in the colonies, etc.)
Why did the phrase cotton is king mean?
The phrase "cotton is king" refers to the significance of cotton production in the economy of the southern United States before the Civil War. Cotton was a major cash crop that drove the region's economy and played a central role in shaping Southern society and politics. The phrase emphasized the economic and social power that cotton production held in the antebellum South.
The Southern Economy Rested On What?
the southern economy's counted on Cotton and Slaves . just Cotton and Slaves
The invention that transformed the southern cotton economy was?
c. the cotton gin Slavery was an invention too. It also transformed the southern cotton industry
What was not a major cash crop of the southern colonies?
Rice was not a cash crop for the southern colonies but tobacco, indigo, and corn wheat were. In addition, perhaps the biggest cash crop grown in the southern colonies was cotton. The South grew to rely so heavily on cotton and the money it generated that it began to direct their society, leading to the Southern dependence on slavery.
How might the rise of cotton production and slavery affect southern society?
They may become dependant on slavery and cotton may be an essential thing over a large area in the U.S. Skittles H. <3
How might the rise of cotton production slavery affect the southern society?
They may become dependant on slavery and cotton may be an essential thing over a large area in the U.S. Skittles H. <3
How did the cotton gin have an impact on society?
The cotton gin was popular at the south. The south used it a lot because that is where most of the crops and cotton grew. They used the cotton gin to grow cotton but then it was hard to clean the cotton gin. This should help not the one before!!!!!
What did the southern depend on?
Cotton.
What was the major export of the southern states?
Cotton. Befor the Civil War, the Southern States were the world's biggest cotton exporters.
What was the principal cash crop of the southern states?
Cotton it is not cotton cool
