1. and the Spread of Slavery
King Cotton
and the Spread of Slavery

2. The hot climate and moist soil of the South helped cotton become an important cash crop.

3. Plantation owners used enslaved Africans to work in cotton fields

4. Cotton plants weakened the soil, so planters needed more land.

5. Most Southern farmers planted crops on small pieces of land and did not have slaves.

6. The Missouri Compromise 1820

7. The Northern economy was based on industry.

8. Special taxes on goods coming into the United States
Tariffs
Special taxes on goods coming into the United States

9. Tariffs Divide the States
Senator John C. Calhoun
President Andrew Jackson

10. Southerners believed the tariffs threatened their way of life.
Cotton Map
Urban Population Map

11. Review Why did the South depend on slaves?
How did the Missouri compromise keep the balance between slave and free states?
Why would a Northern factory owner want tariffs on British goods?
Why would a Southern farmer not want tariffs on British goods?