Southern Agrarian Society

Southern Agrarian Society

Teach the development of the Southern Agrarian Society from 1800 to 1850

Annie Decker and Andrew Foster Period 6Table of ContentsEli Whitneys Cotton Gin

Cotton Belt

Cotton Trade

easier to un-seed the cotton

Cotton Belt was the area of high cotton production

Helped the Southern Area prosper

Cotton GinInvented by Eli Whitney in 1793

Machine that removed seeds from short- staple cotton

Revolutionized the Cotton Industry

Brought back slave trade in the south

Cotton Gin

Cotton Gin MovieWhen it was invented

How it worked

Its effect on societyThe Cotton GinCotton BeltArea of high cotton production

Planters had huge cotton farms in south

Scientists succeed at developing strong types of cottons

Cotton was pressed into bales at factories

Cotton Belt

WebsiteShort Summary of the Cotton Boom

Explains growth of each year

How Indians and slaves were involvedCotton Trade SiteCotton TradeMain buyer was Britain and NE US

South depended on cotton

Southern port cities grew

Cotton Trade

Cotton TradeFactors managed cotton trade in cities

Steamboats carried cotton

Slave trade increasedIndian removal more urgent

to transport goods over land was difficult for the south

Cotton boom made south most valuable player in world tradeMarch 7, 2009Deverell, William, and Deborah White. United States History: Independence to 1914 (New York: Holt Rinehart and Wilson, 2006).

March 11, 2009http://www.civilwarhome.com/kingcotton.htm

March 11,2009http://www.megaessays.com/essay_search/cotton_trade.html

March 11,2009http://courses.csusm.edu/hist337as/hb/h37hb5.htm

March 11, 2009http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/phillips.cottongin

CitationsCitations (cont.)March 13, 2009http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton

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