HIST 172 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Gender Inequality, Evangelicalism, Working Poor
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American south expanded its wealth and population and improved the global economy. South actively engaged new technologies and trade routes while also sought to upgrade their traditional practices: slavery and agricultural production. Beginning in the 1830s, many southern cities expanded in size and global importance. System of class (lower, middle, and upper-class communities) were clearly defined. In november of 1785, the liverpool firm of peel, yates, & co. imported the first seven bales of american cotton ever to arrive in europe. By the early 1800s, the american south had developed a niche in the european market for. Luxurious long-staple cotton grown exclusively on south carolina. The discovery of gosspium barbadense petit gulf cotton changed the american and global cotton markets forever. For deseeding cotton, it was more easily than any other strain. Lands in the southwest became readily available for anyone with a few dollars and big dreams.
