Eli Whitney cotton gin planters cotton belt

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The South
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Eli Whitney
inventor of the cotton
gin
proper noun
cotton gin
a machine that removed
seeds from short-staple
cotton
noun
Large scale farmers who
held more than 20
slaves (also called
plantation owners)
planters
noun
cotton belt
the region that grew
most of the country’s
cotton
noun
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The South
Section 1
people who managed
the cotton trade between
southern planters and
their customers
factors
noun
Tredegar
Iron Works
one of the most
productive iron factories
in the United States
proper noun
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