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5th Grade Social Studies
Economics and Financial Literacy
Regional Economics
20. Southern Economy
20.1 Plantation System
The Plantation System
How large Southern farms grew cash crops for profit using the forced labor of enslaved people.
What You'll Learn
A plantation was a very large farm that grew crops to sell for money.
Plantations grew cash crops: cotton, tobacco, rice, indigo, and sugar.
The work was done by enslaved African people, forced to labor without pay or freedom.
Plantations were spread across the American South.
Dependence on slavery to run plantations became a main cause of the Civil War.
What You'll Practice
1
You analyze cotton's rise as most valuable Southern crop
2
You examine plantation system's impact on regional economic development
3
You evaluate relationships between technology, labor, and agricultural profits
Why This Matters
You need to understand the plantation system because it shaped American economic development and created regional differences that influenced major historical events and continue to impact society today.
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Plantation System
Cash Crops
Economic Inequality
Regional Development
Historical Analysis
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