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11 Cards in this Set
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Cotton Belt
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Expanded from the Georgia and Carolina Piedmont, across the deep South into Texas
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The Black Belt of Alabama
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Wide tract of land extending across the central portion of the state that gathered so many people of African descent. Thought to have been named by the dark soil.
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Mobile, Alabama (Black Belt)
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Mobile, AL was the entrepôt to the Black Belt (cotton was huge and gave life to the city due to the rivers). Mobile experienced a decline after the Black Belt declined in productivity.
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Montgomery, Alabama (Black Belt)
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Montgomery, AL is the principal city. Contained abandoned Plantations. The white minority exercised social control of the black majority through disenfranchisement, paternalism, segregation, and intimidation. Vocational education for blacks was used to make formal slaves useful for the economy.
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Piney Woods
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Eastern part of Mississippi with a majority white population. Cattle grazing ruined the beautiful scenery and subsistent farming was key (feeding themselves). They were less focused on exporting goods.
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Mississippi Delta
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Subject to regular floods, which deposited rich alluvial soils. There were sugar and cotton plantations. Vicksburg had rich plantations.
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New Orleans, Louisiana (Mississippi Delta)
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New Orleans was the entrepôt to the Mississippi Delta. New Orleans was suited for smaller boats. They didn't really play by the rules and did their own thing. Plantation owners in the north would travel to New Orleans to let loose. Prostitution was legal.
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"New South"
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The New South was progressive wasn't dependent on cotton and slavery. It was very industrial, turning the cotton into fabrics and ore into metal.
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Atlanta, Georgia (New South)
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The gate to the South with all the railroads that connected with economic cities and area.
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Memphis, Tennessee (New South)
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Gateway to the Mississippi Delta and was a rich cotton growing region and included railroad connections
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Birmingham, Alabama (New South)
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Grew from a corn field into a thriving city, dubbed the "Magic City". Had various mineral resources.
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