THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION
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Question
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Slaves were needed to complete the railroads out west
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Factories in the North producing textiles which put a demand on cotton
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Ranchers out West needed slaves to drive cattle
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Slaves were used to fight Indians as Buffalo soldiers in the Indian Wars
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Detailed explanation-1: -Growing more cotton meant an increased demand for slaves. Slaves in the Upper South became incredibly more valuable as commodities because of this demand for them in the Deep South. They were sold off in droves. This created a Second Middle Passage, the second largest forced migration in America’s history.
Detailed explanation-2: -Eli Whitney’s mechanical cotton gin revolutionized cotton production and expanded and strengthened slavery throughout the South.
Detailed explanation-3: -While it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for enslaved labor to grow and pick the cotton. In fact, the opposite occurred. Cotton growing became so profitable for enslavers that it greatly increased their demand for both land and enslaved labor.
Detailed explanation-4: -With the invention of the cotton gin, cotton became the cash crop of the Deep South, stimulating increased demand for enslaved people from the Upper South to toil the land.