The Rise of the Cotton Kingdom

1. Preconditions
   1. The Cotton Gin (1793)
   2. The Industrial Revolution
      1. The Cotton-Textile Industry and the Rise of the Factory System
      2. Burgeoning World Demand for Cotton
2. Expansion of Cotton Cultivation
   1. The Record, 1800-1860
   2. Southern Advantages--Climate and Soil
   3. Result--A Southern "Monopoly"--The OPEC of Cotton
3. Expansion of Plantation System
   1. Geographic--Surge to Southwest
   2. Economic--Rising Incomes
   3. Non-Cotton Areas--A Market for Surplus Slaves
4. Consequences--A Powerful, Militant Slave Society