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Chapter 7: Cotton
Chapter 7: Cotton is King
Term | Definition |
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Antebellum | describes the time before war |
Cash crop | a crop grown for the purpose of selling it |
Enslaved | to be made someone else's property |
Ration | a set amount of food or supplies |
Gang system | a system to grow cotton in which enslaved Africans (slaves) worked in a group from sunup to sundown |
Overseer | is a person who watches over other people as they work |
Invention | a new creation that often changes the way people live |
Cotton gin | is a machine that removes seed from cotton |
transportation | the ways people travel |
canal | a waterway made by people |
textile mill | a factory that turns cotton into cloth |
elite | a social class of people who are wealthy and powerful |
manual | done by hand |
leisure | relaxation |