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The invention of the cotton gin (short for cotton engine or cotton seeding machine, automating the removal of the seeds from raw cotton), which made massive cultivation of cotton economical. Cheap labor (i.e. slaves) were needed to harvest the large quantity of raw cotton produced.
The invention that had a huge impact on the economy of the southern US before the Civil War was the cotton gin. Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry by automating the process of removing seeds from cotton fibers. This boosted cotton production and made it more profitable for southern planters, solidifying the region's dependence on slave labor and leading to the expansion of cotton plantations.
Well, what basically happened was even though he invented the cotton gin*, the part that wasn't taken care of was harvesting the cotton in the first place. After this invention, people saw this as a great opportunity to make money, so everybody started buying land. HOWEVER, they needed lots of people to harvest the cotton in all that land, so they bought slaves. Summing it up, they could get the small pieces out of the cotton, but they needed people to go get the cotton for them, so they bought slaves. *The cotton gin was an invention that took the smaller and unnecessary pieces, like seeds, out of the cotton. Before the cotton gin, it had taken a lot of work to do that.
c. the cotton gin Slavery was an invention too. It also transformed the southern cotton industry
Yes. It was much easier to harvest.
Because the invention of the cotton-gin had made it easy to harvest, and there was a limitless world demand for cotton products.
As you know his invention was the cotton gin. People wanted it because back then it was difficult to remove the seeds from the cotton but this invention just takes it out for you.
Profit per pound of cotton skyrocketed and with it the amount of cotton planted for harvest. United States cotton exports rose 6,000% between 1790 and 1815.
The invention of the Cotton Gin, which made large scale growth of cotton possible. Cotton needed farm workers to plant, cultivate and harvest it.
A lot less than before
you can harvest cotton bolls by hand or by machines like this one
In the fall, is the harvest time of cotton.
they made it with cotton and grass!! truth!!
The invention of the cotton gin (short for cotton engine or cotton seeding machine, automating the removal of the seeds from raw cotton), which made massive cultivation of cotton economical. Cheap labor (i.e. slaves) were needed to harvest the large quantity of raw cotton produced.
The invention that had a huge impact on the economy of the southern US before the Civil War was the cotton gin. Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry by automating the process of removing seeds from cotton fibers. This boosted cotton production and made it more profitable for southern planters, solidifying the region's dependence on slave labor and leading to the expansion of cotton plantations.
what nickname was given to cotton after the invention of the cotton gin