PPT-The South and the slave controversy

Chapter 16 American Pageant 13 th edition Slavery during the Antebellum Period Antebellum Ante before Bellum war Commonly used to describe the era before the Civil War 1830s1840s 1850s. The antebellum south and Slavery. Cotton and the Economy of the South. Cotton Gin 1793—cotton is king. Cotton production expanded tremendously. Other forms of agriculture (tobacco, rice, indigo, wheat) remained but became secondary to cotton. Chapter 8. Slavery in the territories: Lead-up to the civil war. What to do with the Mexican Cessation?. Wilmot Proviso. Proposed law in 1846 that all territory taken from Mexico would be free of slavery. Controversy . 1793 . - 1860. Cotton is King. Cotton Gin = Demand for slavery. Cotton = . D. ominant Southern crop. . Cotton Kingdom . ---- Agricultural Factory. More slaves / land. Cotton = ½ value of American exports after 1840. Chapter 9. The Antebellum Era 1820-1860. By 1860 there were 4 million slaves in the US. Most northern states had abolished slavery- not b/c they disagreed with it per se, but b/c it wasn’t economically practical. . 1793-1860. American Pageant Chapter 16. “Cotton is King!”. King Cotton. Cotton Gin—revives slavery. South & others profited. ½ of American exports after 1840. Produced more than ½ world’s supply. Frederick Douglass. Background: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1539.html. Background (extensive, but good): . http://nha.org/history/hn/HN-n40n3-douglass.htm. How does Frederick Douglass . Born. 1793-1860. Cotton is King!. Eli . Whitney's 1793 cotton gin invention revolutionized the Southern economy. Added to mechanical jennies to spin yarn, power looms to weave, and sewing machines to sew, the demand (and profits) for cotton fiber skyrocketed.. Plantation Agriculture. Wasteful. Excessive cultivation of cotton despoiled the land. Weaknesses of the plantation system. 1. Relied on one crop. 2. Repealed European immigrants. 3. Significant population moved West. 1820-1860. A10Q. 7.10.30. Essential Question. To what degree was the South developing as a distinctively different region from the rest of the United States during the period 1820 to 1860? . To what degree did slavery shape life in the South during this period? . Chapter 16. Cotton is king:. Cotton gin= Significant increase in demand for slave labor. -Planters wanted to take full advantage of the economic growth. South produces over half of the world’s supply in cotton. American slavery was rooted in both . racism. & . economic. . exploitation. and depended on . brutal repression . for its survival.. Slavery remained a cancer on American democracy; a moral outrage that mocked our nation’s claim to be a model of social & political enlightenment. Antebellum. Southern. Society. Characteristics of the Antebellum South. Primarily agrarian.. Economic power shifted from the . “upper South” to the “lower South.”. “Cotton Is King!”. * 1860. The Antebellum South Part I Antebellum Southern Society Characteristics of the Antebellum South Primarily agrarian. Economic power shifted from the “upper South” to the “lower South.” “Cotton Is King!” 1820-1860. A10Q. 7.10.30. Essential Question. To what degree was the South developing as a distinctively different region from the rest of the United States during the period 1820 to 1860? . To what degree did slavery shape life in the South during this period? .