Do Now #2: Look at the tags

on your clothes and write

down how many articles of

clothing contain cotton.

Objectives: Students will be able to...(1)

explain the importance of cotton

to the Southern Economy (2) analyze how the cotton gin

changed the Southern Economy

Southern Economy Thrived on production of ‘cash crops’

UPPER SOUTHERN STATES (VA, MD, KY, TN): Tobacco

South Carolina and Georgia Rice paddies

Louisiana and Texas Sugar Cane

LOWER SOUTHERN STATES (SC, GA, AL, MI, TX) Cotton was KING!!!!!

“Cotton is King” US paper currency isn't

paper at all... it's a blend of 75% cotton lint and 25% linen. A 480 pound bale of cotton can be made into 313,600 $100.00 bills!

Mills in Lancashire, England exported 7,000,000,000 yards of cotton fabric in 1913. That's an amazing 221.97 yards per second!

One bale (480 Pounds) of cotton can make:

215 Jeans249 Bed Sheets409 Men's Sport Shirts690 Terry Bath Towels765 Men's Dress Shirts1,217 Men's T-Shirts1,256 Pillowcases2,104 Boxer Shorts2,419 Men's Briefs3,085 Diapers4,321 Mid-Calf Socks6,436 Women's Knit Briefs21,960 Women's Handkerchiefs313,600 $100 Bills*

Cotton Gin or ‘gin’• Took an entire day to get seeds out of 1 pound of cotton!!!!!• Needed a machine to get the seeds out (Took 10 Days to make)

Cotton Becomes King

1792: 6,000 bales of cotton 1801: 100,000 bales 1840’s: 2 million bales 1860: 4 million bales

1860 – sold $191 million in European markets (2/3 of Cotton) $4,711,383,678.50 today!!!!!

“Individuals who were depressed with poverty, and sunk with idleness, have suddenly risen to wealth and respectability. Our debts have been paid off, our capitals increased; and our lands are triple in value”

Cotton’s Impact on Slavery

More slaves needed to pick cotton

Foreign Slave trade was outlawed in 1808

High birthrates among slaves rose

1820: 1.5 million slaves 1850: 4 million slaves

American Population Centers in 1860

American Population Centers in 1860

Do Now: What do you know about slavery? Make a list of words

Objectives: Students will be able to...(1) define slavery (2) explain it's impact on the South (3) analyze a video for key information

Homework: Complete the worksheet from Mr. Collison

Social Structure in the South

Planters: farmers who owned large farms/plantations. 20+ slaves

Population in the South in 1850 – 6 Million 347, 725 were slave holders (1 out of every 20 people)

37,000 were planters 8,000 of these had 50+

11 had 500+

Yeoman Farmers: Ordinary farmers…Vast majority of Whites

Rural poor – couldn’t farm, too poor

African Americans at the bottom (93% who were slaves) 37% of the total population

Slave Systems

1. Task System – Specific jobs given to accomplish every day, then they could do what they wanted.

2. Gang System – Slaves organized into groups that labored from sunup to sundown (plowing, planting, picking, etc.)

Driver – Led the gang