JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONS INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830
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Railroads lead to many people leaving Georgia, which had a negative impact on the growth of the state.
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The cotton gin was not a reliable piece of equipment and slowed production down because it was always breaking.
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The technological inventions of the cotton gin and railroads did not impact Georgia’s growth at all.
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New technologies meant that more cotton could be produced and shipped faster, which increased Georgia’s growth rate.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cotton gin quickly transformed agriculture in Deep South. AND increased the reliance of southern society on slavery and plantation system. The yield of raw cotton nearly doubled each decade after 1800. Encouraged westward expansion into potential cotton-producing areas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin brought economic and population growth to Georgia, but because of this invention, the expansion of slavery also grew. The cotton gin was a machine that was capable of removing the seeds from up to 50 pounds of cotton in one day.
Detailed explanation-3: -The gin improved the separation of the seeds and fibers but the cotton still needed to be picked by hand. The demand for cotton roughly doubled each decade following Whitney’s invention. So cotton became a very profitable crop that also demanded a growing slave-labor force to harvest it.
Detailed explanation-4: -After the cotton gin became available, cotton became the top cash crop in the South. Since the ease of producing cotton increased supply, the prices lowered and demand increased. Cotton manufacturing in the North increased and so did the demand for cotton.