This document is based off of Alan Brinkley's Unfinished Nation. It outlines the beginnings of the Civil War, why the South wanted to keep slavery, and how the rise of cotton production boosted the South's economy.
THESOUTHGREWBUTITDIDN'TDEVELOP
THECOTTON ECONOMY
HE RISEOF KINGCOTTON SOUTHERNWHITESOCIETY
shiftofeconomicpower smallminorityownedslaves
uppersouth lowersouth
uppers outh reliedontobaccocultivation Southerners mainly 1st
generation
unstable planters competitivecapitalists
lowersouth reliedonricecultivation maintainedaristocracy
season
longgrowing
sugarcultivation alongGulfCoast THE SOUTHERNLADY
intense southernlady wasdifferent
onlywealthycouldgrow 8 fromnorthern role
competitor caribbean cultof honorsouthernwhite
menwere
importance tothedefense women togive
decline inthesecropsled toshortstaplecotton of
couldgrowanywhere morepoweradominant men
slavesmigratedfrom uppersouthto lower south littleopportunity
accomodatecotton limitedroles
soldtoplanters highinfantmortality
SOUTHERNTRADE INDUSTRY slavesystem hurt
othereconomicadvancementswereslowto
marriages
develop
inadequatetransportationsystem
THE PLAIN FOLK
lackofcanals Yeomanfarmer
typicalwhite
depended onnorternindustrialp eople
wantedindependence Flatfootedplain
folk
southerner
couldn'texpand or
SOURCESOFSOUTHERNDIFFERENCE get out
Dfewschoolsinferior of debt
north
fromthe 2 isolated
why.ggungusrq
mprdoifirsent
simpleagriculture
North peoplet urnedto manufacturing noslaves
investmentinlandaslaves
Effffffyatffdnearswamps alone
dirty
MAIN POINTS suffered from
disease
no opposition toslavery
1 the versatilityof cottoncreated
anagriculturalboostinthesouth
2Slavesweresoldtoworkincottonfields
thesouthreliedheavilyoncottonsales MAIN POINTS
women'srolesweredifferent innorm hadlimitedopportunities
planters farmers consideredhigher insociety
the hadlimitedopportunities
typicalw hitesoutherneralso
sincetheycouldn't
getridofdebtfewgoodschoolsisolated
couldn'tproduceenough
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