Homework Questions

King Cotton

Summarize the economic argument of King Cotton. Why did King Cotton fail to win the war for the South?

Consider:
Factors of Production (land, labor, capital)
Cotton production and the associated machinery
Slave labor and the economics of slave labor

Slavery

To what extent was slavery a cause of the Civil War?

Consider:
The economics of slavery
The politics of slavery
The social beliefs about slavery
Was slavery a distraction from the real reasons for war?

The 1920s Radio Show Podcast Project link