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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793. This invention made the cotton cleaning process much easier and quicker. It allowed one worker to clean as much as 50 ponds of cotton in one day. The cotton gin changed Southern life in four ways :

1. cotton farming moved westward beyond the Atlantic coastal states.

2. because cotton was such a valuable crop, planters put most of their efforts into growing it

3. more native Americans were driven off southern land as cotton plantations took over the land

4. slavery continued to be important source of labor for growing cotton

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