Chapter 14 section 3
“Cotton is king. You dare not make war on cotton!”
South Carolina Senator James Henry, 1958
Cotton Gin, Cotton Boom (pg.418)
1. The Industrial Revolution increased the demand for s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ c_ _ _ _ _. This was due to the need for more and more cotton in the ___________ and _________________ to make
________________________.
2. What was it about the South that made it an ideal place to grow cotton?
A.
Eli Whitney’s Invention
B.
3. What was “the planter’s problem” – which Eli Whitney would eventually solve?
4. The __________ ______ had two rollers with thin wire teeth that would separate the seeds from the fibers as they were pushed between the rollers. A single worker using a cotton gin could do the work of _____ people c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ c _ _ _ _ _ by hand. As a result, planters could now grow cotton at a h _ _ _ p _ _ _ _ _ .
Cotton Kingdom & Slavery
5. The invention of the cotton gin led to a B _ _ _ in cotton production.
6. What states did the Cotton Kingdom extend through? (describe where the Cotton Kingdom was located)
7. As the Cotton Kingdom spread, so did ____________________. Even though cotton could be cleaned by M _ _ _ _ _ _ , it still had to be picked by H _ _ _ , so how did the Cotton Kingdom result in a
“cruel cycle”?

An Agricultural Economy (pg.419)
8. What was the S outh’s most profitable cash crop? ______________________
9. Draw a line from the southern state or region to the product/crop it was known to raise/grow.
A. The southernmost portion of the South Sugar Cane
Tobacco B. South Carolina & Georgia coast
C. Louisiana & Texas
D. Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky
Cotton
Horses
E. North Carolina
F. Kentucky
Rice
Hogs, Oxen, Horses, Mules, Cattle
Limited Industry
10. Instead of investing their money in factories, what did rich planters prefer to invest their money in?
11. As a result of not investing in factories, the South lagged behind the North in m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Southern Cities
12. The South was mainly R _ _ _ _ - what does that mean?
Economically Dependent (pg.421)
13. The South became economically dependent on the North because they had little _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of their own. They relied on the North for things such as b_ _ _ _ _ _ _ m_ _ _ _ from northern b_ _ _ _,
14. Drawing Conclusions: What do you think most southerners defended slavery even though most of them did not own slaves? (Hint…think about how cotton was important to the southern