growth of slavery

• how much did slavery grow from 1790 - 1830?

  grew from 700,000 to 2 million people enslaved in the deep south
• what differences separated the north and south?

  land - the north did not have suitable conditions for plantations whereas the south had the correct climate to grow tobacco, rice and cotton

  church - the north preached God made all men free whereas the south preached God made black people to serve white people
• what happened to slaves as new land opened up?

  they were forced to move to these new slave states in the south - many were bought from old slave states in the north
• where slave traders successful economically?

  yes - they made vast profit (often $1000 per slave) and kidnapped free black Americans and forced them into the trade
• when was the cotton gin invented and who by?

  1793 - Eli Whitney
• how did the cotton gin machine expand slavery?

  removed seeds from cotton plants which sped up production by 50% allowing plantations to grow cotton on a much larger scale
• what system ensure slaves were keeping up with the rate of the cotton gin machine?

  pushing system - forced slaves to work harder and faster which rapidly grew production and expanded the cotton trade
• when was the Louisiana purchase?

  1803
• how did the Louisiana purchase expand slavery?

  the US acquired vast areas of land with the perfect conditions for producing cotton
• what did the south become known as, as the cotton trade expanded?

  the 'cotton kingdom'
• By 1820, what production of US exports were from cotton plantations?

  over 42%
• what underlying factor was the true reason behind the expansion of the slave trade?

  racist ideologies