1. The Effects of the Cotton Gin and Railroads on Georgia
D1: How did the cotton gin change how cotton was processed?
D2: How did the cotton gin affect the amount of cotton produced over time? How did it affect slavery over time?
D4: What do you notice about the location of most of Georgia’s cotton farms and most of Georgia’s railroads? What pattern do you notice?
D3A: How did the cotton gin affect the number of slave states?
D3B: How did the cotton gin affect the growth of cities and industry in the south?
Picture or Symbol: Draw something that represents what you learned from the DBQ.
D5a. Cause: ___________________________________
Effect: Cities and towns were created
5b. What was special about Georgia’s railroads?
5c. How did the city of Atlanta come to be?
Summary Paragraph: Fill in the blank spaces.
After the invention of the cotton gin, __________________ increased drastically. According to Document # ______, ___________________________________________________________________________. Another major change came from railroads. According to Document # _________, railroads changed Georgia by __________________________________________________________________________.
In conclusion, __________________________________________________________________________________
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