The Transatlantic Triangle refers to the Europe-Africa-America-Europe relationship, in which European ships exchange goods in Africa, buy slaves they take to America to use as labor, and then return to Europe with products such as sugar, rum , indigo, tobacco, cotton and coffee.
Around 1700, the Caribbean became known as the "central passage" because they marked the midpoint of the Atlantic Triangle.
<span>The government was afraid race relations would be upset because people were already on edge. The Great Depression was hard for everyone. The South was hit hard because they relied on agriculture and prices tanked. They could not get as much money for their crops.</span>
