Cotton Gin
Who invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Southern economy was based mostly on what labor?
Slave labor
Why did the North's population grow faster due to railroads?
The railroads in the South were shorter.
What did the cotton gin inspire people to do?
Grow more cotton
Which industry (North or South) developed slower?
The South
What did people invest in to do farming work for them?
How did the cotton gin affect the slave trade?
It made it bigger
Around the 1850's lots of people moved to deep south, this economy depended mostly on _______
Slavery
How much of the total railroads in America were in the South?
1/3
When was the cotton gin invented?
1793
Did the formerly enslaved people have money?
No
What did Southern planters mainly grow?
Rice, Indigo, and Tobacco
The cotton gin helped process how much more times cotton than by hand?
50
How big was the market of manufactured goods?
It was small
What was the biggest problem in cotton farming?
The biggest problem was not growing it, but selling it.