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Where dose cotton come from?
Cotton comes from a plant. (see the related link below) Cotton in Australia
Did slaves use cotton gins?
Yes. Slaves often, almost always, used cotton gins to do their work on a farm. Since the invention of the cotton gin in 1794 by Eli Whitney, a southern schoolteacher, cotton gins grew immensely popular and were used quite often throughout the 1800s as an aid to both farmers and slaves. With the invention of the cotton gin, picking the seeds from fluffy cotton bolls was made a much simpler task. The gin made an easier way for cotton bolls to be separated from the seeds that farmers didn't need to be sold, and that couldn't be made into cloth. Slaves usually did the majority of the farm work on any southern farm, and so they usually used the cotton gin to help them quicken the task of cleaning cotton. The cotton gin works through feeding cotton bolls into the machine, spinning a handle on the side, which separates the cotton from the seeds, and then fluffy tufts of cleaned cotton come out through the other side. Cotton gins were initially made to cut down slave labor because of their simplicity and speed, but in actuality they raised the amount of slave labor growing in the south because now one worker could produce more cotton in an hour than 50 workers in the same amount of time without the aid of a gin. So to answer your question, yes, slaves utilized cotton gins quite often.
Which were highly dependent upon cotton would come to the aid of the confederacy?
The Confederacy relied on an untested policy of King Cotton. In other words, since Britain was so dependent on cotton for their factories, this could be used as a bargaining wedge to get their assistance in the Civil War. Not only did Britain not help them, but they found other sources for their cotton needs in Egypt and India.
Why did some carpetbaggers come from the south?
apex all of the above
Staring in the 1890s where did large numbers of immigrants come from?
south america
What animal does cotton come from?
Cotton is grown in fields. Not from an animal.
Is cotton a natural resource?
in hot places
Where do the raw materials come from to make jeans?
Jeans are made out of cotton, which is grown on cotton plants around the world.
How is cotton extracted or grown?
There is a machine that picks of the cotton seed and fluff or there are people that go along each row picking the cotton they are called Cotton Pickers cotton used to be collected by hand but now its collected by machines!
What states does cotton come from?
Cotton plants survive best in sub-tropical geographies and are grown in those climes all over the world.
What country does cocoa comes from?
Cocoa can come from many, many different countries. Due to mass markets and increased demand, it is often commerically grown. Cocoa must be grown in warm, sem-tropic temperatures and climates year-round. Due to this, it is often grown in Central and South America.
Where does fairtrade cotton come from?
all over Africa!
Where did most of Britain's cotton come from?
Most of Britain's cotton came from its colonies in India and later from the southern United States during the Industrial Revolution. The demand for cotton textiles and the expansion of the cotton industry in Britain drove the need for a steady supply of raw cotton.
In which continent was chocolate grown?
central americaMexico and parts of the Pacific coast of western Guatemala
Does Pima cotton come from Pima county Arizona?
Pima cotton is named after the Pima Indians who harvested the cotton in the USA. However, Pima cotton was developed from a cotton native to South America.See the related link below for more Pima cotton information.
What economic issues suffered the war for north and south?
The North had little cotton for there Textile Mills The South had little manufactured goods and food (yes the majority of the Nations food was grown in the North) the north however managed to come out the war with some economic growth were as the souths economy crashed and burned
Does cotton come from the stem of a plant?
no it is grown on a short bush, which is why it is such a labor intensive plant. one must bend down and walk miles hunched over to pick a crop
