Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 16, Lesson 1: Plantation Society (pp. 402-406)
I. King Cotton
B. Cotton was hard to process until Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.
C. Plantation owners planted more and more cotton and sold it to textile mills.
D. The demand for slaves to grow cotton increased.
B. Some plantation owners felt that, like being a parent, owning slaves was a duty.
C. White southerners felt bound to protect their own honor.
D. Planters became educated and cultured.
B. Abolitionists in the North believed slavery was wrong.
C. Southerners defended their right to own slaves.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Cotton was the crop that made plantation owners rich.
II. The Plantation Owners
A. Plantation owners lived a life of privilege, wealth, and leisure.
III. The Defense of Slavery
A. Nat Turner led a rebellion in an attempt to free the slaves.
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