1. Southern Cotton Kingdom
Chapter 13, Section 3

2. 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.

3. 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!

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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!