Main Themes 1. How economic power shifted from the "upper" to the "lower" South, and the impact this had on southern social and political development. 2. How society in the South developed both in myth and in reality. 3. The nature of the South's "peculiar institution," and the effect it had on the southern way of life.
| Learning Objectives A thorough study of Chapter Eleven should enable the student to understand: |
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The significance of the shift of economic power from the "upper South" to the "lower South." |
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How cotton became "king," and the role it played in shaping the "southern way of life." |
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How trade and industry functioned under the southern agricultural system. |
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The structure of southern society, and the role of an enslaved people in that society. |
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The place of the South, with its increasing reliance on King Cotton, in the nation's economy. |
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The continuing historical debate over the South, its "peculiar institution," and the effects of enslavement on the blacks. |