Map Activity 1 for Chapter 13

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Figure false: MAP 13.1 Cotton Kingdom, Slave Empire: 1820 and 1860
Figure false: As the production of cotton soared, the slave population increased dramatically. Slaves continued to toil in tobacco and rice fields, but in Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas, they increasingly worked on cotton plantations.
Figure false: MAP ACTIVITY

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READING THE MAP: Where was slavery most prevalent in 1820? In 1860? How did the spread of slavery compare with the spread of cotton?

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CONNECTIONS: How much of the world’s cotton was produced in the American South in 1860? How did the number of slaves in the American South compare with that in the rest of the world? What does this suggest about the South’s cotton kingdom?