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Who brought together under one roof all the machines needed to turn raw cotton into cloth?
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What invention led to an increasein numbers of slaves who worked on plantations?
Because they needed more slaves to pick cotton because the machines that took the seeds out
How did the cotton gin get invented?
Eli Whitney created it hoping it would reduce the labor provided by slaves needed to produce cotton cloth. (This plan backfired because the machine worked so well that people bought more cotton gins and more slaves to work the machines and produce cotton.)
Why were slaves needed to pick and grow cotton after the cotton gin was invented?
Slaves were the free labor that the farmers needed to harvest the cotton>
How much cotton needed in product to use cotton logo?
100% cotton
What was the intended goal of the cotton gin in regards to slavery?
The cotton gin was supposed to help abolish slavery because it takes less people when you have machines. However, with the ability to "shuck" cotton more quickly came the desire for more land for cotton. Unfortunately, slave labor was still needed to pick the cotton, which was now far more abundant, and so there was a sharp increase in slavery following the cotton gin.
How many simple machines are needed to make a compound machines?
6 simple machines.
Why was there an increased demand for the cotton?
The spinning Jenny was invented in England and the mills needed cotton. The cotton gin had been invented so the south could produce to bales of cotton needed by the mills.
When friction is not needed?
when machines are used
When is friction needed?
when machines are used
What caused an increase in slavery in the US?
The invention of the cotton gin. More cotton, meant more people needed to pick, process the cotton. Thus, more slaves were needed.
Why did cotton gin lead to slaves more valuable than without the cotton gin?
More slaves were needed to PICK the cotton in the fields because the cotton gin more quickly took the seeds out of the cotton. The planters (plantation owners who owned more than 20 slaves) wanted more profit, so they wanted to constantly have the cotton gin working. To have this happen, there would need to be A LOT more cotton.
Why did cotton gin create a greater demand for slaves?
more cotton plantations were needed just took this on apex
