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The American South:
• Race and King Cotton• Race and King Cotton
Slavery and Economic Growth• Cotton as a National
Economy• source of national
income• source of national
capital• source of national
growth
• Cotton as a National Economy
• source of national income
• source of national capital
• source of national growth
Cotton and American Income• Major US export• Major US income
source• Averages 2/3 of all
US export earnings.
• Major US export• Major US income
source• Averages 2/3 of all
US export earnings.
Period % c o t t o n
exported
c o t t o n
a s
% o f a l l
US
e x p o r t
1815-19 64% 38%
1820-24 71% 44%
1825-29 70% 58%
1830-34 76% 52%
1835-39 71% 65%
1840-44 77% 55%
1845-49 74% 45%
1850-54 69% 54%
Travel time 1820
= 2 days
= 3days
=5 days
=1 week
=3 week
Travel Time 1850
= 2 days
= 3days
=5 days
=1 week
=3 week
Canal System• Demand labor• Facilitate trade• Promote industry
• Demand labor• Facilitate trade• Promote industry
Canal System• Demand labor• Facilitate trade• Promote industry
• Demand labor• Facilitate trade• Promote industry
Immigration 1820-1860
Chart in 1,000s
Cities in 1820
Cities 1860
Slavery 1820
Slavery 1860
Slavery 1850
Slavery 1860
Slave Ownership
Rural expansion
Johnson v. Macintosh
• only US. gov. can buy Indian land
• limited sales rights
• only US. gov. can buy Indian land
• limited sales rights
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia• Divided into 5 counties• not a fully sovereign
nation• “Domestic Dependent
Nation,– Guard-Ward
relationship– paternalism v.
maternalism
• Divided into 5 counties• not a fully sovereign
nation• “Domestic Dependent
Nation,– Guard-Ward
relationship– paternalism v.
maternalism
Worcester v. Georgia
• unlicensed missionary
• state’s limited power to regulate on Reservations
• unlicensed missionary
• state’s limited power to regulate on Reservations
Indian Removal
• Clearing the Land• Andrew Jackson• Indian Removal Act 1830
• Clearing the Land• Andrew Jackson• Indian Removal Act 1830
Choctaw Removal• Choctaw: 1830
T. of Dancing Rabbit Creek
• Choctaw: 1830 T. of Dancing Rabbit Creek
Creek Land loss
• Creek: 1836 Militarily removed• Creek: 1836 Militarily removed
Chicasaw and Cherokee
• Chicasaw: 1837 land sale
• Cherokee: 1838 militarily removed
• Chicasaw: 1837 land sale
• Cherokee: 1838 militarily removed
Trail of Tears
Indian Cessions 1810-1850
