Essay About Transition Of The Traditonal Cotton Belt And Cotton Cultivation

Transition of the Traditonal Cotton Belt
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Table of Contents
Introduction……………………………………………………………….4
Main part………………………………………………………………5-24
II.1.
The traditional Belt System……………………………………………5
II.2.
Cotton cultivation in the Old South………………………………6-9
II.2.1.
Cotton and its location demands……………………………..6
II.2.2.
Conditions in the Old South………………………………6-7
II.2.3.
Conclusion → Cotton cultivation in the Old South……….7-9
II.3.
The Cotton Belt…………………………………………………… 9-24
II.3.1. Analysis of the Cotton Belt’s emergence,
Expansion and transition…………………………………..9-14
II.3.1.1.
First cotton cultivation in the USA…………9-10
II.3.1.2
Expansion of the cultivation area………..10-14
II.3.1.2.1. Plantation economy……………………….10
II.3.1.2.2. The Civil War…………………………..10-11
II.3.1.2.3. Reconstruction…………………………….12
II.3.1.2.4. Tenant plantation economy ………….13-14
II.3.1.3.
Transition of the Cotton Belt……………..14-19
II.3.1.3.1. The boll weevil…………………………14-15
II.3.1.3.2. The Agricultural Adjustments Acts…..15-17
II.3.1.3.3. World War II……………………………….17
II.3.1.3.4. Mechanization…………………………17-19
II.3.1.4.
“King cotton” returns to the Old South…..19-20
II.3.2.
Evaluation of the transition
………………………………20-24
III.2. Summary and reflection……………………………………………….25
Formalities……………………………………………………………26-32
IV.1.
Appendix…………………………………………………………..26-27
IV.2.
Bibliography……………………………………………………….27-28