Advanced Placement United States History

AP U.S. History Vocabulary ? Chapter 11 Name: _______________ Date: _________ Period: ______ Short staple cotton- a crop ideally suited for southern soils and growing conditions, a major part of southern economy Eli Whitney- Yale grad, credited to the invention of the cotton gin Catherine Greene- widow, becomes plantation owner/master, paid for Eli Whitney to create cotton gin Alabama fever- migration of southern slaves and their owners flooded into GA into what will becom AL and MS ?flush times?- the heated rush of the 1830s the Old Southwest- GA, KY, TN, Missouri, AL, MS, LA Horseshoe Bends- Trail of Tears- the path from GA to OK that the Cherokees were forced to follow International Slave Trade- the trading of slaves from different regions