Causal Chain: Cotton and Slavery Quiz

Question 1

Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin in ______.

Answer 1

1793

Question 2

After Eli Whitney invented the Gin, two major events took place:

• Upland cotton could now
  ___________________________________________.
• Slaves were now ________________________________________________________.

Answer 2

• be profitably grown all across the South
• in greater demand. As a result, millions more were imported

Question 3

Southern agriculture became __________________________.

Answer 3

dependent on King Cotton

Southerners gave cotton the nickname “king” because they viewed it as the most important crop for the entire nation. The northerners depended on it for their textile mills, and for the southerners, it was their biggest cash crop.

Question 4

Southerners came to view slavery ________________________________________________________.

Answer 4

as an economic necessity and they strongly defended it