Huge amounts of it were grown and most of the economy of the south was from money made from selling it. Sugar cane was also an important source of income.
There was no "king" in the south at any time. Nobility in the United States since 1789 to today is not recognized. The only king in the south is a reference to the dominance of cotton called "king cotton". This is not a person, but a crop.
Cotton was the crop king of the south.
"Cotton is King!"
king cotton
It was called the King Cotton Diplomacy because A 'King' is in charge of everything and the south believed that if they didn't sell their cotton to Britain and France, then they would be forced to help break the North's blockades which is what a 'King' can do. The cotton part is obvious and 'diplomacy' international trade and trading with France and Britain is international. which is why it is called the King Cotton Diplomacy. Don't try to argue with me :) its in the S.S teachers textbook. :)
Cash crop leader has changed over time. After cotton, tobacco became king. Due to exports, it still may be the king cash crop of the southern US. kapm
There was no "king" in the south at any time. Nobility in the United States since 1789 to today is not recognized. The only king in the south is a reference to the dominance of cotton called "king cotton". This is not a person, but a crop.
Cotton was the crop king of the south.
Cotton was the crop king of the south.
In the early period the cash crop was tobacco. By 1850, it was cotton, which made the South very prosperous when it came to money. From this came the expression "Cotton is king!"
The term "King Cotton" was used to describe the economic and political power that cotton production held in the southern United States prior to the Civil War. Cotton was a major cash crop that fueled the economy of the South and shaped its social structure.
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.
Indigo, cotton, rice and tobacco but cotton was the King.
It really didn't fail. At the start of the civil war the southern planters thought the English would help them fight the war because they needed the cotton. What they didn't count on was that there were warehouses full of cotton and the English didn't have to buy it due to the surplus. Cotton is still a major crop in the southern states.
Cotton and tobacco.
King cotton!
Cotton.