8th Grade Slavery and the Cotton South Worksheets
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Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher
Slavery in the cotton South grew as cotton became the nation's leading export, grown by enslaved people. There are 5 sheets for 8th grade here, each with an answer key. Olaudah Equiano and His 1789 Narrative weighs records about his birthplace, Effects of Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin builds a cause and effect chart, and Slaveholding and Southern Society in 1860 works from census numbers. Sheets practice D2.His.10.6-8, D2.His.14.6-8 and D2.Geo.2.6-8.
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