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Cotton Trade Civil War Essay

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Vocabulary words section 1 cotton gin - a machine for separating cotton from its seeds. planters - a manager or owner of a plantation cotton belt - a region of the US South where cotton is the historic main crop, especially in parts of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. factors - managed cotton trade. History museum exploring the Civil War from 3 perspectives: North, South & African-American. section review pg. 419 q 1-4 made farmers more profitable not enough cotton was produced economic boom north and south Carolina Georgia Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Arkansas Louisiana Texas Oklahoma yes they let it get to overcrowded tobacco they feared they would run out of cotton Effects of the cotton boom Positive -made farmers more profitable

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