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What invention was entirely dependent on the invention of the steam engine?

the cotton gin


What was a positive result of the industrial revolution apex?

The invention of the cotton mill


What date did the cotton boom start?

The cotton boom started in 1840 because the invention of the cotton gin (short for engine) made cotton production easier. By 1860, the US was producing more than half of the world's cotton.


What invention had the effect of increasing slavery in the south?

Th cotton-gin ('gin'=engine) - a simple mechanical claw that could separate-out the seed from the lint in short-staple cotton - the basis for large-volume cheap goods like blankets and rough garments that sold all over the world.


A technological invention that came before computers?

The plow, steam engine, movable print, the cotton gin, etc.


Which two inventors changed agriculture in the 1800s?

Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin and Henry McCormick's invention of the steam engine changed agriculture in the 1800s. Both inventions greatly increase production.


What development led to an increased need for slaves in the South?

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.


What invention led to the invention of internal combustion engine?

The steam engine


Invention that led to the expansion of slavery?

The cotton-gin ('gin' - short for engine) It could remove the seeds from the tangle of short-staple cotton, enabling mass-production of cheap fabrics in demand all over the world.


What brought the resurgence of slavery in the south?

The invention of Eli Whitney's modern cotton engine. Before his cotton gin, cotton was much more slowly produced because it was separated by hand. His cotton gin made production much faster. Cotton growing became so profitable for the planters that it greatly increased their demand for both land and slave labor.


What invention had the most significant impact on industrialization?

there were many important inventions of the Industrial Revolution. The first invention was perhaps the mechanical loom. Transportation was transformed by the invention of the train. Communications advanced by the invention of the telegraph.


Which engine was made after the invention of the steam engine?

diesel engine