2. Southern Economy  Thrived on production of ‘cash crops’  UPPER SOUTHERN STATES (VA, MD, KY, TN):  Tobacco  South Carolina and Georgia  Rice paddies  Louisiana and Texas  Sugar Cane  LOWER SOUTHERN STATES (SC, GA, AL, MI, TX)  Cotton was KING!!!!!

3. “Cotton is King”  US paper currency isn't paper at all... it's a blend of 75% cotton lint and 25% linen. A 480 pound bale of cotton can be made into 313,600 $100.00 bills!  Mills in Lancashire, England exported 7,000,000,000 yards of cotton fabric in 1913. That's an amazing 221.97 yards per second!  One bale (480 Pounds) of cotton can make:  215 Jeans 249 Bed Sheets 409 Men's Sport Shirts 690 Terry Bath Towels 765 Men's Dress Shirts 1,217 Men's T-Shirts 1,256 Pillowcases 2,104 Boxer Shorts 2,419 Men's Briefs 3,085 Diapers 4,321 Mid-Calf Socks 6,436 Women's Knit Briefs 21,960 Women's Handkerchiefs 313,600 $100 Bills*

4. Cotton Gin or ‘gin’ By Eli Whitney Took an entire day to get seeds out of 1 pound of cotton!!!!! Needed a machine to get the seeds out (Took 10 Days to make)

5. Cotton Becomes King  1792: 6,000 bales of cotton  1801: 100,000 bales  1840’s: 2 million bales  1860: 4 million bales  1860 – sold $191 million in European markets (2/3 of Cotton)  $ 4,711,383,678.50 today!!!!!  “Individuals who were depressed with poverty, and sunk with idleness, have suddenly risen to wealth and respectability. Our debts have been paid off, our capitals increased; and our lands are triple in value”

6. Cotton’s Impact on Slavery  More slaves needed to pick cotton  Foreign Slave trade was outlawed in 1808  High birthrates among slaves rose  1820: 1.5 million slaves  1850: 4 million slaves

7. Social Structure in the South  Planters : farmers who owned large farms/plantations. 20+ slaves  Population in the South in 1850 – 6 Million  347, 725 were slave holders (1 out of every 20 people)  37,000 were planters  8,000 of these had 50+  11 had 500+  Yeoman Farmers: Ordinary farmers…Vast majority of Whites  Rural poor – couldn’t farm, too poor  African Americans at the bottom (93% who were slaves)  37% of the total population

8. Slave Systems 1. Task System – Specific jobs given to accomplish every day, then they could do what they wanted. 2. Gang System – Slaves organized into groups that labored from sunup to sundown (plowing, planting, picking, etc.)  Driver – Led the gang

9. Crash Course in Slavery  Please write down 5 facts you learn from the video….  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajn9g5Gsv98

10. Tickets to Leave:  Where were most of the major cities popping up?  Who invented the Cotton Gin?  Why was cotton so important to the South?