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What did the term king cotton mean?
It was the commodity that was in demand all over the world, and the basis for Southern wealth and prestige.
Why did farmers grow peanuts during World War 2?
Because the Boll Weevil was eating all of the cotton.
Were all states treated fairly by the Federal Government before the civil war?
All of the states were treated fairly, but some didn't think they were. The southern states that eventually left the union thought that the state should have the ultimate authority over its people. The Federal Government disagreed, and the southern states believed that because they didn't get a say in it that they were treated unfairly.
Why was the southern economy dependent on cotton?
South was depending too much on cotton.And I think that they needed a new investment which would explain why they depended on the cotton.
What constitutional issues were in dispute during the civil war?
Technically, the southern states wanted the right it was the right to secede (withdraw) from the Union (United States) since the rest of the nation had started imposing laws that many Southerners felt were states rights and issues. When slavery was abolished, many Southerners did not believe that their plantations could continue to function, so they decided that they did not need to belong to the United States, and declared to be separate. While the issue was slavery, it was actually about more than that. It was about the rights of the states to make their own laws and the right of the Federal Government to enforce laws imposed upon the states. The North states were also selling cotton-goods to Southern states at outrageous costs, this angered the South since all cotton originated from Southern states.
