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Cotton in the South Tobacco was the South's first major cash crop. When Eli Whitney perfected the cotton gin in 1793 cotton became King. A farmer needed only land and labor (slaves) to raise a cotton crop. By 1800 cotton accounted for more than half of all U.S. exports. Rubric Code: FX693X2 By julialynny Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Assignment Grade Levels: 6-8

Cotton in the South
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts
Clearly showed where cotton was	Poor no indication at all	Fair some pencil marks, more of an outline	Good Clearly used colored pencil to show the cotton producing areas of the antebellum South
Clearly showed where tobacco was	Poor no indication at all	Fair some pencil marks, more of an outline	Good Clearly used colored pencil to show the tobacco producing areas of the antebellum South
S for slave trade centers	Poor No S at all	Fair some S but not all indicated	Good all Slave states are delineated with an S.