King Cotton Notes.  ____________________ invention of the Cotton Gin helps to _________________ cotton production.

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King Cotton Notes

 ____________________ invention of the Cotton Gin helps to _________________ cotton production

Proof that Cotton is KING in the South

1. $ coming into the South By 1850 the South exported 3/5 of all US exports

 By 1850 – The US grew ¾ of all the worlds cotton

 1820’s = South earned $ 20 million from cotton  1830’s = South earned $200 million from cotton

All this cotton led to a…  2. Demand for _______________ slaves

 Between 1795 and ,000 slaves were imported from Africa  The average price of a slave increases from $300 to $1000  By in 3 southerners is a slave  In 1790 there were 6 slave states, by 1860 there are 15 (plantations and slavery are spreading)