Unit 4 American Studies Civil War & Reconstruction Vocabulary
Economics Understands and analyzes the distribution of wealth and sustainability of resources Cash crops Cotton Kingdom Famine Inflation Plantation Sustainability
Economics Understands and analyzes the distribution of wealth and sustainability of resources Cash crops – crop sold for money at market “Cottonocracy”- name for wealthy planters who made their money from cotton in the mid-1800s Famine – severe food shortage Inflation – a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money Plantation – large estate farmed by many workers Sustainability – quality of something keeping itself going without intervention