US History I Practice milestone 3

US History I Practice milestone 3 All of the following statements reflect planter paternalism in the early 19th century, EXCEPT . RATIONALE Planter paternalism rested upon the racist belief that African slaves were an inferior race incapable of caring for themselves. Therefore, according to this ideology, slaveowners were performing a social good by providing basic necessities for their slaves for life. On this basis, southerners argued that their society was superior to the North's, where workers relied on wages for survival and were left exposed to market forces beyond their control. CONCEPT The Northern Economy The Southern Economy 2 Place events in the correct sequence that allowed cotton to become the dominant cash crop in the South. 1. 2. 3. • a. Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. • b. The bulk of American cotton went to England and to American textile mills in the Northeast. • c. Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans secured American claims to the Deep South. RATIONALE The emergence of cotton as the dominant cash crop in the South occurred over time. Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, which mechanized the separation of cotton seeds, in 1793. Jackson's victory in 1815 encouraged western settlement in cotton growing areas and reinforced American control over the major port city of the Mississippi River. And the supply of cotton increased to meet demand as textile mills expanded in the Northeast, especially after the establishment of company towns like Lowell, Massachusetts in the 1820s. CONCEPT