Chapter 13 - Section 3 Southern Cotton Kingdom

Eli Whitney invented the ___________.

• steamboat

• sewing machine

• cotton gin

• steel tipped plow

The value of enslaved people increased in the south due their key role in producing _____ and sugar

• corn

• wheat

• flax

• cotton

Money to invest in a business

• capital

• fixed costs

• yeoman

• credit

__________ provided the chief means of transportation in the south.

• railroads

• natural waterways

• gravel roads

• canals

The main crop of the deep south was _____.

• tobacco

• cotton

• sugar

• corn

William Gregg opened a _____ factory in South Carolina.

• show

• textile

• iron

• tobacco

Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina were known as the ___ South.

• Upper

• Deep

Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas were known as the _____ South.

• Upper

• Deep

The cotton gin removed _________ from cotton fibers.

• seeds

• roots

• leaves

There was little industry in the ________.

• North

• South