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The cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 weighed around 50 pounds.

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How did slavery change as a result of the cotton gin?

Becuase of the gin it was much faster to pick to the cotton


Why did customers need a cotton gin?

before the cotton gin, peices of plant in the cotton were picked out by slaves, which of course was much slower. The cotton gin made the process of making cotton plants into usuable fabric was made much much easier. So people began growing more and more cotton.


Should you capitalize cotton gin?

You would not capitalize it. cotton gin


How much time does it take with a cotton gin to make cotton?

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What is a sentence for cotton gin?

I hung my cotton shirt up in the wardrobe.


What is the machine that remove seed from cotton?

cotton gin


What replace the cotton gin?

The cotton gin essentially replaced the handpicking and cleaning of cotton. Before the invention of the gin, the U.S. employed slaves to handpick cotton. Currently, only third world countries still use slaves to handpick cotton.


What is the cotton gin?

The Cotton Gin was a machine that quickly and easily separates the cottonseeds from cotton fiber. It helped farmers make more money and made cotton production so much easier.


Why was the cotton gin called the cotton gin?

It was called the cotton gin because it separated seeds from the cotton, so that is how the invention got is name.


What was happening to slavery before the cotton gin?

not much. but after Eli Whitney made the cotton gin, slavery wanted to be expanded, pretty much causing the civil war


How much cotton did a slave pick and clean after the cotton gin?

5,000. they were hard workers


When was cotton gin made?

The cotton gin was made in 1793.