'Cotton boom' presentation slideshows

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Southern Agrarian Society

Southern Agrarian Society. Teach the development of the Southern Agrarian Society from 1800 to 1850 Annie Decker and Andrew Foster Period 6. Table of Contents. easier to un-seed the cotton Cotton Belt was the area of high cotton production Helped the Southern Area prosper.

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The Southern Economy and the slave system

The Southern Economy and the slave system. The Cotton Boom. Cotton belt formed when farmers switched from less profitable crops to cotton Stretched from South Carolina to Texas 1791: US produced 2 million lbs/year of cotton 1860: 1,650 million lbs/year of cotton. Reasons for the Cotton Boom.

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Brain Work

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King Cotton & the Southern Slave Economy

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