How did the rise of the cotton cultivation affect the economy and the people of the Old South?

How did the rise of the cotton cultivation affect the economy and the people of the Old South in atleast three major effects? Thanks in advance!

How did the rise of the cotton cultivation affect the economy and the people of the Old South?
The introduction of cotton cultivation turned the South into a land of economic extremes. Even among whites, it led to huge variations in material conditions and daily experiences. A large amount of wealth in land and slaves was concentrated along a small percentage of the white population and the rest were usually tenant farmers. It led to a huge increase in the number of slaves contained in the South.The institution of slavery discouraged immigrants from moving to the South in large numbers because they realized slave labor would undercut their wages. The slaves also developed thier own culture and aimed to preserve their West Africans customs on the plantations. The slavery issue also contributed to the tension between the rhetoric of freedom and the reality of the growing number of slaves.
Reply:It's sad you don't know this.





cotton meant money.





growing cotton needed people, so they imported slaves. The south economy was built on the backs of slaves.





the south seceded from the Union which started the civil war. As southern cotton depended northern mills, the south was doomed to loose the war.
Reply:1. Dependency on mostly cotton and agriculture for the economy.


2. Dependency on slaves to do the hard work of working the cotton fields.


3. Less industrial power and money during the civil war.
Reply:1. The demand for cheap labor increased.





2. The cotton was in greater demand in Europe than in the U.S.





3. Cotton was still in demand after the American Civil War, sans slaves.
Reply:The famers brought in more slaves


Their quality f life improved


More commerce and more urban settlements