Chapter 13.1

Question 1

Cotton gin

Answer 1

Machine that was able to remove the seeds from the cotton 50 times faster then a person. The cotton would be pulled through the machine removing the seeds from the cotton. With this method one person could clean 50 pounds of cotton each day

Question 2

Significance of cotton gin

Answer 2

•people moved west of the Appalachian mountains to set up cotton farms.• cotton became a major crop export. •natives lost land to cotton plantations.•the demand for more cotton increased the need for slave labor

Question 3

When slave trade ended in 1808, what ball end to the price of slaves

Answer 3

Went really high

Question 4

The demand for more cotton increased the demand for

Answer 4

Slave labor

Question 5

The more slaves you had, the _________ you were

Answer 5

Wealthier

Question 6

3 other industries in the south

Answer 6

Steam powered sawmill, cotton mills, iron mills

Question 7

Tredegar iron works

Answer 7

One of the largest iron works facilities in the US. It produced bridge materials, cannons, steam engines, and other products. It became the main iron making facility in the south during the civil war

Question 8

Eli Whitney

Answer 8

Invented the cotton gin. He saw a need to increase the speed at which seeds were removed from Cotton

Question 9

What fraction of southern families owned slaves and what percent of those families had large plantations

Answer 9

1/3 southern families owned slaves and only 10% of these families had large plantations