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A cottongin is a machine that was created by Elis Whitney to pick the seeds out of cotton. This made Production a lot faster which was great for the African Americans working conditions back then.
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Who invented the cottongin?
Eli Whitney
What did Eli Whitney's nephew invent?
he invented cottongin
What inventions improved farming 1820-1860?
cottongin Steel-Tipped plow
Before the cottongin how much cotton was produced annually?
Before the cotton gin, 750,000 bales of cotton were produced annually.
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."
How did the Cottongin lead to more slavery?
The invention of the cotton gin made it easier and faster to process cotton, leading to increased demand for cotton production. This demand resulted in the expansion of cotton plantations, which in turn increased the need for labor, leading to the use of more enslaved people to work on the plantations to meet the growing demand for cotton.
How was the cotton gin important?
The cottongin made getting cotton ready for use a lot easier. Before slaves had to pick out all of the seeds by hand, now all they had to do was turn a crank. Sense they could produce cotton so much quicker now plantation owners bought more slaves so they could make more cotton.
