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Why do you think more slaves were needed to grow and pick cotton after the invention of the cotton gin?
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How did Eli Whitneys cotton gin affect slavery?
You would think that since there aren't as many hands needed to separate cotton, there would be a decrease in slavery. However, plantation owners only grew more cotton which needed more slaves to pick, then needed even more slaves to operate the cotton gin. In fact, after the invention of the cotton gin, slavery soon quadrupled.
What were enslaved African Americans responsibilities?
In the Southern States, slaves did almost all of the work. The Southern states relied heavily on cotton and they had slaves do the work. Slaves would pick cotton which isn't very pleasant, and before the Cotton Gin, slaves had to seperate the cotton fibers from their seeds.
What did southern think when a abolitionist wanted to end slavery?
the Southern planters thought that slavery shouldn't be ended for they needed the slaves for their crops
What is the most best invention from America?
I think that the car would be the most best invention!
Why did the Union think slavery was bad?
Most of the Northern population believed that on moral and religious grounds, slavery was an evil institution. The Northern economy was not based on slavery, although the cotton from the South was produced by the labor of slaves.
How did Eli Whitneys cotton gin affect slavery?
You would think that since there aren't as many hands needed to separate cotton, there would be a decrease in slavery. However, plantation owners only grew more cotton which needed more slaves to pick, then needed even more slaves to operate the cotton gin. In fact, after the invention of the cotton gin, slavery soon quadrupled.
How did Eli Whitney cotton gin affection?
You would think that since there aren't as many hands needed to separate cotton, there would be a decrease in slavery. However, plantation owners only grew more cotton which needed more slaves to pick, then needed even more slaves to operate the cotton gin. In fact, after the invention of the cotton gin, slavery soon quadrupled.
What invention associates with slavery?
well, i think it is the cotton gin because the cotton gin could do the work of 5 slaves put together. it was invented by Eli Whitney.
What were the cotton laborers?
i think it was slaves (yeah it was slaves)
Why do you think the farmers were silent on the issue of slavery in the wording of the Constitution?
Because farmers needed slaves to pick cotton, Dumb a$$, did you mean Framers?
How did the cotton gin impacted history?
Made it easier to harvest cotton by separating the seeds I think, which was done by hand by the slaves and it increased production and lessened the need for slaves.
Inventions can sometimes harm society can you think of any invention that has been harmful why do you think it was invented?
The Cotton Gin... It was intended to help the South produce cotton, it really helped the spread of slavery. :(
Why did the South think it would lose a lot of money if slavery was made illegal?
the slaves had to work in the cotton fields
What happened to enslaved people because cotton became a major cash crop in the south?
Owners started to buy more slaves and even more cotton was picked. I think it was because a guy invented the cotton picker the think that takes out seeds. does this satisfy u
Why did the confederacy think that they would get support from other foreign nations in the civil war?
Europe needed cotton .
What invention was made in 1790?
no, the cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. if I'm wrong, blame the article i read I think no inventions were made in 1790
When did the slavery stop?
The slavery had stopped because they were not good and that they had to get rid of the slaves. So they decided to sell the slaves for all sorts of things. They even sold them for the cotton and money. think how luck they must have been with all of thoose things. the slaves were not needed anymore because they were useless and that they did not want to have any of the slaves any more. All of them were really useless and were not that good. :) Now do you know why the slavery ws stopped. :} Hope you have learned some thing that was really usefull :]
