Cotton Production [1800s]
- cotton was grown on large plantations.
Cotton
- was the part of the plant that has the seeds.
The seeds must be removed before the cotton
can be processed into threads.
Cotton Gin
- picking out the small seeds of cotton plants
were extremely time-consuming, so this was Farmers
invented. - began to grow more crops so the demand
- invented by Eli Whitney. for slave labors to pick up the cotton for
- because of this, cotton production was made processing increased.
faster and more efficient.
- could be attached to a power source to make American Civil War
the process even faster. - was a civil war in the United States from
- had a device that pulled the cotton through 1861 to 1865.
wire teeth. - fought between northern states loyal to the
- by solving the tedious and time-consuming Union and southern states that had seceded
problem of the cotton seeds, this invention Confederate States of America.
made cotton extremely profitable.
- made cotton cloth cheaper and faster to [Principal] Cause of the War
produce. - was the status of slavery in the United
States, especially in the territories.
The seeds were caught by the teeth and pulled
from the cotton fibres. AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
Most of the cotton was woven on power Southern States
looms in the North, not in the South where the - reformed their state legislature and courts.
cotton was grown.
[Southern States’] Legislatures
Southern States - passed laws to prohibit or restrict African
- wanted to sell their cotton to foreign Americans from voting or having equal rights
countries who would pay more than the in the city.
factory owners in the Northern States that
wanted to pay. African-Americans [1]
- they also wanted the new territories to - were not allowed to live in the same areas or
adopt their slavery-based systems rather use the same facilities as others.
than the paid labor-based system of the - the children went to separate schools as
North. well.
- many of them moved out of the South and
into the northern cities.
- sometimes, they are paid less or not allowed
to work certain jobs.
- cotton was grown on large plantations.
Cotton
- was the part of the plant that has the seeds.
The seeds must be removed before the cotton
can be processed into threads.
Cotton Gin
- picking out the small seeds of cotton plants
were extremely time-consuming, so this was Farmers
invented. - began to grow more crops so the demand
- invented by Eli Whitney. for slave labors to pick up the cotton for
- because of this, cotton production was made processing increased.
faster and more efficient.
- could be attached to a power source to make American Civil War
the process even faster. - was a civil war in the United States from
- had a device that pulled the cotton through 1861 to 1865.
wire teeth. - fought between northern states loyal to the
- by solving the tedious and time-consuming Union and southern states that had seceded
problem of the cotton seeds, this invention Confederate States of America.
made cotton extremely profitable.
- made cotton cloth cheaper and faster to [Principal] Cause of the War
produce. - was the status of slavery in the United
States, especially in the territories.
The seeds were caught by the teeth and pulled
from the cotton fibres. AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
Most of the cotton was woven on power Southern States
looms in the North, not in the South where the - reformed their state legislature and courts.
cotton was grown.
[Southern States’] Legislatures
Southern States - passed laws to prohibit or restrict African
- wanted to sell their cotton to foreign Americans from voting or having equal rights
countries who would pay more than the in the city.
factory owners in the Northern States that
wanted to pay. African-Americans [1]
- they also wanted the new territories to - were not allowed to live in the same areas or
adopt their slavery-based systems rather use the same facilities as others.
than the paid labor-based system of the - the children went to separate schools as
North. well.
- many of them moved out of the South and
into the northern cities.
- sometimes, they are paid less or not allowed
to work certain jobs.
