Name: __________________________________ Directions: Fill out this worksheet with a partner while you are looking at the various

graphs given to you on cotton production/consumption and slave populations in the 1800s. 1. What does each map depict?

2. Which states had the highest cotton production between the years of 1820-1860?

3. Which states had the highest cotton consumption between the years of 1820-1860?

4. Which states had the highest slave population between the years of 1820-1860?

5. Do you see a connection between the states with the most cotton production and the states with the largest slave populations? If so, what kind of connection do you see?

6. Why do you think this connection exists?

7. Based on the maps provided, how does cotton seem to tie together the Northern and Southern parts of the country? Are these connections good or bad?

8. What problems do you foresee happening if the South were to raise their prices on cotton?

9. What effect did the Cotton Gin have slavery and cotton production?