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Cotton Becomes Profitable
Cotton Gin
Cotton Belt
Cotton Trade
Industries
100
The seeds of this plant had to be removed before it could be processed.
What is cotton?
100
This man invented the cotton gin in 1793.
Who is Eli Witney?
100
Cotton along with a few other crops are listed under this type of product.
What is a cash crop?
100
This man declared "Cotton is King" in 1858.
Who is James Henry Hammond?
100
This was one of the most productive iron works in the nation.
What are the Tedegar Iron Works?
200
Also known as black-seed-cotton, this was fairly easy to process.
What is long-staple-cotton?
200
A machine that removes seeds from short-staple-cotton.
What is the cotton gin?
200
This was cotton's one disadvantage.
What are nutrients?
200
David Christy declared "___________ is a profound statesman........."
What is King cotton?
200
Many of the factories in the south were built to serve these peoples needs.
What are farmers?
300
This type of cotton was more common in the south. Also known as green-seed-cotton.
What is short-staple-cotton?
300
The cotton gin used this to pull cotton fibers from the seeds.
What is a hand-cranked cylinder with wire teeth?
300
Agricultural scientists worked at cross-breeding short-staple cotton to do this.
What is improving the crops?
300
Crop brokers who managed cotton trade.
Who are factors?
300
In the 1840s, entrepreneurs in this state began investing in cotton mills.
What is Georgia?
400
Demand for American cotton began to increase in this decade.
What are the 1790s?
400
Large-scale farmers who held more than 20 slaves.
Who are planters?
400
Stronger types of cotton lead to the expansion of the cotton industry in this decade.
What are the 1860s?
400
Increased trade led to the growth of major port cities including Charleston, Savannah, and this city.
What is New Orleans?
400
A few mill owners followed this model.
What is the Lowell System?
500
In Great Britain, new textile factories needed this type of cotton to make cloth.
What is raw cotton?
500
This was an area of high cotton production.
What is the cotton belt?
500
Congress made doing this in the U.S. illegal in 1808.
What is using slaves to harvest cotton?
500
Shipping cotton by land to port cities was very difficult here.
What is the south?
500
Most people built small scale factories on this.
What are the falls of a river?