In US history, We've spent the last two days discussing historical evidence. We've talked about what good evidence can tell us, and we've critiqued statements that are not supported with evidence. Finally we looked at evidence from technology and economics to understand the cotton economy of the US. Reflect on what you've learned?
What I've learned about Evidence and the cotton economy is that more land equals more profit and more cotton produced. I've also learned that some states after there land dried up after years of abuse become human traffickers and would sell slaves to states, so that farmers could go to auctions where these newly acquired slaves would be at and then sold to some farmer. I've also learned how to find better evidence and look for websites with things such as .org, and .gov instead of .com as the endings to the url, Primary Sources are the way to go when looking for evidence as well. The final thing I learned was that the whole US depended on the cotton industry, I thought it was the south only.
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