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Chapter 7
The Antebellum Period
Question | Answer |
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Antebellum | the time before a war |
transportation | the ways people or goods travel |
Eli Whitney | the man who invented the cotton gin |
canals | waterways made by people |
cotton gin | a machine that removes the seeds from cotton |
textile mill | a factory that turns cotton into cloth |
King Cotton | the name given to cotton because it became an important cash crop during the Antebellum period |
ration | a set amount of food |