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The combination of the cotton gin and slave labor made cotton a profitable crop for plantation-style agriculture.
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Where do cotton fibers come from?
The cotton plant, Gossypium hirsutum.
What cloth is made out of plants?
Cotton cloth is made out of plants
Are cotton plants prickly?
Very prickly and sharp. Where the saying cotton eyed Joe camp from. Cotton poked him in the eye and made him blind
Is cotton made from plants?
Some store-bought cotton balls are made 100% from plants, while others are synthetic. Read the fine print on the package label to tell them apart.
What is the composition and purpose of lactophenol cotton blues?
Lactophenol Cotton Blue is made up of phenol, lactic acid, and cotton blue. It is a stain used to observe fungi.
The growth of short staple cotton was made profitable by the?
cotton gin
When did cotton become profitable?
It had made it much easier to clean cotton and made industries sky rocket
What invention made slavery most profitable?
the cotton gin
What invention made slavery profitable in the South?
cotton gin
What invention made cotton more profitable for the south during the civil war?
The cotton gin
What was the importance of the cotton grin?
The cotton gin made slavery more profitable. The cotton gin made the process of separating the seeds from cotton fifty times faster.
What invention caused the expansion of slavery in the south?
Cotton gin. Cotton gin made cotton production more profitable.
The invention of the cotton gin made the planting of cotton more profitable?
Yes. It was much easier to harvest.
Type of cotton that could be grown in much of the south?
The cotton gin made it profitable to grow short staple cotton across the South. Previously, it had only been profitable to grow long staple cotton on the seal islands.
How did the invention of the cotton gin change the ideas about slavery in the south?
The cotton gin made selling cotton profitable with slave labor.
Why did Eli Whitney Cotton gin lead to the spread of slavery into more of the south?
The cotton gin made cotton production more profitable, as long as the slave labor remained. More planters pursued larger profits under the plantation system. It made the cotton trade so profitable that Southern leaders were strongly motivated to preserve slavery and extend it, if possible. Growing cotton became more profitable, growers expanded crop acreage, and more slaves were needed to grow the cotton.
Name four things that made cotton culture profitable after 1800?
cotton gin, slavery, steamboats, and the land for the property..
