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How did Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin affect the cotton industry?
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∙ 12y ago
Actually the invention of the cotton gin made the growth of more cotton possible which also meant that more slaves were needed to pick, grow, and process the cotton. The statistics show a direct relationship between the amount of cotton grown to the population of slaves.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 14y agoAn increase in agricultural production in the South.
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∙ 14y agothe cotton gin made it so that with one person cranking the handle in one day made as much or more then 50 slaves by hand.
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∙ 12y agothe speed by which seeds were removed from the fibers was increased
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∙ 11y agoCotton production boomed in the South. It no longer required hours of manual labor to separate the fiber from the seed. Much more cotton could be shipped out in a shorter time.
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∙ 13y agoslavery was reinvigorated
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What contributed to the spread of slavery in the southern colonies?
eli whitneys cotton gin
How did the cotton gin affect native Americans?
The invention of the cotton gin affected Native Americans because the farmers took land from the Native Americans because they needed more land to grow cotton.
Why did the invention of the cotton gin lead to more animosity between the north and south?
Because it enabled the huge growth of the cotton industry, whereby the South became a great cotton empire, able to compete economically with the North, but dependent on slavery.
What invention increased the speed of cotton processing?
After the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney the production increases markedly.
What invention helped to clean raw cotton?
The Cotton Gin
What was Eli Whitneys invention?
The cotton gin
Whitneys invention that enhanced cotton production and gave new life to black slavery?
cotton gin :)
How did Eli Whitney's invention of cotton gin affect the cotton industry?
the speed by which seeds were removed from the fibers was increased
How did Eli Whitney invention of the cotton gin affect the industry?
the speed by which seeds were removed from the fibers was increased
What inventions led to the mechanization of the cotton industry after 1750?
It was the invention of the cotton gin that resulted in the mechanization of the cotton industry after 1750. It was invented by Eli Whitney. Another invention was the cotton spinning machine.
The invention that transformed the southern cotton economy was?
c. the cotton gin Slavery was an invention too. It also transformed the southern cotton industry
What did Eli Whitney invention revolutionize?
The cotton industry.
What was an invention made for textile industry?
cotton gin
What invention in 1793 had a big impact on Georgia's cotton industry?
In 1793, the invention that affected Georgia's cotton industry was the cotton gin. Eli Whitney's invention made an economic impact as more cotton could be produced and exported. Whitney's machine could separate the cottonseed from the cotton fiber. Prior to this invention, this was done by hand and required many man-hours.
How did Eli Whitneys cotton gin affect slavery?
You would think that since there aren't as many hands needed to separate cotton, there would be a decrease in slavery. However, plantation owners only grew more cotton which needed more slaves to pick, then needed even more slaves to operate the cotton gin. In fact, after the invention of the cotton gin, slavery soon quadrupled.
Revolutionized industry in the US in 1794?
the invention of the cotton gin
How did the invention of the cotton gin affect southern planters?
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