Examine Map 6-2. How do slave population numbers correspond to the use of cotton as an agricultural crop?
What will be an ideal response?
Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should:
1. Define the increase in slave population numbers by decade: 1820, 1840, 1860
2. Explain that the increase of slave population took place in a particular region in the Deep South, the "Black Belt."
3. Explain that the expansion of slavery by decade and location is directly related to the expansion of cotton in the fertile areas near rivers like the Mississippi River in the Deep South.
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