The South became the cotton producing part of the country because of the cotton gin. Promoted "cotton-picking" by slaves, and therefore, promoted slavery.
what nickname was given to cotton after the invention of the cotton gin
It was called the cotton gin because it separated seeds from the cotton, so that is how the invention got is name.
cotton gin
The cotton gin.
The cotton gin essentially replaced the handpicking and cleaning of cotton. Before the invention of the gin, the U.S. employed slaves to handpick cotton. Currently, only third world countries still use slaves to handpick cotton.
The Cotton Gin
The cotton gin!
The cotton gin!
The cotton gin
It was invented in 1793
The cotton gin