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14.3 Southern Cotton Kingdom

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Cotton is King

  • Most popular crop (Europe wanted it)
  • Cotton Gin
  • More $ = More Cotton needed
  • More Cotton needed = More ?

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Less Industry in South

  • Cotton is unbelievably valuable
  • Factories are expensive to build
  • A few are built

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Transportation

  • Mainly rivers
  • Not a ton of canals, roads, or RAILROADS!
  • Why will this be a problem for the south?