you have to insert the cotton
You would not capitalize it. cotton gin
I hung my cotton shirt up in the wardrobe.
cotton gin
It was called the cotton gin because it separated seeds from the cotton, so that is how the invention got is name.
Your textbook should be discussing the Cotton Gin and Eli Whitney while discussing the progression of using raw cotton. The seeds were picked from the cotton until the gin and other tools were created to separate the seeds and cotton for them.
cotton gin timeline
In the cotton gin factory! Duuuhhh......
The cotton gin was made in 1793.
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.
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."
Life before the cotton gin for people was a bit harder they had to hand pick the cotton themselves