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The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney and made cotton a much more profitable crop. Ten times the amount of cotton could be picked. Because of how profitable the cotton gin made cotton as a cash crop the demand for slaves continued. Eli Whitney said himself that he regretted the invention because of the increased demand for slave labor. The invention of the cotton gin was a major setback for the abolitionist movement. If this had not been invented slavery would have most likely been ended fifty years earlier.
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∙ 6y agoThe effects of the cotton gin were obvious to the plantation owners and the textile factories in the Northeast and Europe. A single slave cranking a small 'gin could clean ten pounds of cotton in a day. A slave using just his hand to clean cotton was lucky to clear a pound a day. Once steam powered 'gins were developed, the capacity for producing cotton was only limited by the amount of cotton a farmer could produce. The 'gin was the tecnological invention of the time for the South. It revived the South's one crop economy, the domination of southern society by large planters, and the revival of slavery. Now, more and more slaves could be used to grow more and more cotton and the price would rise as the demand would increase from the textile mills. The South could also now expand westward knowing the cotton crop would be profitable.
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∙ 13y agoIn another amazing coincidence, just as slavery looked to be dying out, the invention of the cotton gin caused an economic resurgence in the South that revitalized the whole plantation system. it increased the amount of cotton that could be picked. Because of how profitable cotton became as a result of the cotton gin. It became a a cash crop the demand for slaves increased in areas and continued in others. The invention of the cotton gin was a major setback for efforts to abolitionist slavery.
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∙ 7y agoThe "Cotton Engine" (shortened to "Cotton 'Gin" in usage) made mass production cotton Plantation farming economical, supporting the South's existing slave based economy and increasing the demand for slaves to pick the cotton bolls in the fields. This was likely one of the things leading to the Civil War, as some historians speculate that without this invention the South's slave based Plantation economy may have became impractical and uneconomical to sustain as long as it did last.
Even though Eli Whitney invented and patented it he made no money from it as making one was so easy that the Plantation owners just made them as needed without bothering to acknowledge any of his rights to the invention.
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∙ 6y agoThe invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney could have been a totally positive machine for harvesting cotton. Southern plantations were strapped by the labor intensive aspects of harvesting cotton. Some historians believe that without the cotton gin, the growth of slavery in the US would have halted. As it turned out, the cotton gin gave new life to the US cotton plantations. The machine advanced Southern production of cotton and instead of helping to reduce the need of slavery, the need increased.
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∙ 11y agoIt incresed slavery in the south because they thought they had to bye more land and more slaves to tend the cotton!
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What negative efficiency the cotton gin have on south
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Destroy the cotton market
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What is the purpose of a cotton gin?
The cotton gin removes the seeds from the cotton. This is a more difficult and slower process when done by hand, without the use of a cotton gin.
What invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin.
What is an unintended consequence?
are outcomes that are not the ones intended by a purposeful action
US inventor of the cotton gin in 1793?
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.
What country was the cotton gin first used in?
The cotton gin was first used in India.
What was the unintended negative effect of the cotton gin?
it increased slavery
What machine can do the work of 50 people?
Well, if you're asking this from your Social Studies weekly (Week 21) The answer is Cotton gin, you can find this answer in the article titled "Unintended Effects."
What was an unintended negetive effect on the cotton gin?
The growth of slavery was a negative effect of the cotton gin. Because the gin could remove the seeds from the cotton boll more cotton was grown. Therefore more slaves were needed. As the amount of cotton grew so did the need for slaves.
What could be an unintended consequence of adding habitat for butterflies?
There could be an unintended consequence of adding habitat for butterflies. This consequence might include the addition of unwanted animals.
Should you capitalize cotton gin?
You would not capitalize it. cotton gin
What is a sentence for cotton gin?
I hung my cotton shirt up in the wardrobe.
What is the machine that remove seed from cotton?
cotton gin
Why was the cotton gin called 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.
Can you give me the timeline of the cotton gin?
cotton gin timeline
Where is the cotton gin made?
In the cotton gin factory! Duuuhhh......
When was cotton gin made?
The cotton gin was made in 1793.
How is the cotton gin useful?
After the cotton is picked it is sent to a gin. The gin removes the seeds and the cotton is cleaned and bailed for shipment.
