| A | B |
|---|
| Cotton Belt | The region in the south where cotton was grown |
| Cotton Gin | Machine that removed seeds from Cotton fibers |
| Planter | Wealthy owners of Plantations |
| Cotton Boom | Time of huge sales of cotton |
| Dr. Rush Nutt | Scientist who worked at breeding stronger types of cotton |
| Yeoman | Middle class farmers who worked side by side with their slaves |
| Landless | Poor southerners who owned no land |
| Factors | People who managed the trade between planters and customers |
| Louisiana | Leading sugar producing state in 1800s |
| Mark Twain | Author of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer |
| Nat Turner | Slave called by God to end slavery |
| Nat Turner's Rebellion | Most violent slave rebellion in U.S. |
| Hemp | Plant used to make rope |
| Great Britain | The South's bigger foreign customer |
| Church | Center of Free African American social life |
