Southern Cotton Kingdom Chapter 13, Section 3

Rise of the Cotton Kingdom The Upper South consisted of Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina The Deep South consisted of Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.

Cotton Rules the Deep South The invention of the cotton gin increased the demand for cotton in the South That directly increased the demand for slaves as well. The Upper South became a center for the sale and transport of enslaved people all throughout the region. In the Deep South, Cotton was King!

Barriers to Industry Because cotton was so profitable in the South, Southerners did not want to do anything but farming Most of them had their money invested in slaves and farming, with nothing left to invest in industry Some Southerners did not want industry to flourish in the South because they didn’t want it to interfere with their way of life

Southern Factories Some Southerners felt that opening factories would revive the economy of the Upper South, which was less prosperous than those of the cotton states

Southern Transportation Natural waterways provided the chief means for transportation Most towns were located on the seacoast or along rivers The railway network in the South was much less developed than that of the North. This would end up being a major disadvantage in the Civil War!