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    THE COTTON GIN EMERGES The most successful invention ever The cotton gin is the most revolutionary product of our century! The beautifully handcrafted invention has improved our productivity by almost double. Since the day it was invented, our economy took a turn for the better, steadily increasing amounts of cash flowing into our pockets then to the welfare of our citizens. In our history this must be the most successful invention ever, created by the great Eli Whitney. The Cotton Gin works by separating

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    During the colonial era, African slaves faced a life of struggle and fear. In 1793, the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney revolutionized economy as well as American slavery. This new machinery enabled the separation of the seeds from the cotton, making the cotton production increase extremely. However, with the increase of the white gold ( as it was called), there was a consequent increase on the request of slave labor. Therefore, slaves worked long hours on the fields, while many women

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    the nation. Developments in technology – railroads, and canals – and manufacturing – the Cotton Gin, and Lowell System – brought both positive social changes – such as the role women played in society – and economic changes, like the opportunity for all to work. The Market Revolution began with the advancement in manufacturing. In 1793, inventor Eli Whitney developed a machine known as the Cotton Gin. This was used to separate cotton from cotton seeds rather than do it manually. This development

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    The cotton gin has impacted America significantly. It has not only affected our country but also slaves and even the civil war. Some people believe that it started the Civil War. The cotton gin was created in 1794 by a man named Eli Whitney. This machine completely changed the production of cotton. It greatly speeded up the process of removing all of the small seed that cotton contained. This amazing tool changed the face of southern agriculture. Before this life changing invention, the United States

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    During the Industrial Revolution, many inventions were produced. In 1793, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. Eli Whitney was a farm boy and was trying to make a name for himself as a manufacturer. About a few days later, he developed a machine to restructure the cotton industry. The pasteurization was created by Louis Pasteur in 1864. Louis Pasteur was a chemistry professor and was studying fermentation. He created this invention for beer because there was trouble with brewing and kept going bad

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    the cotton gin revolutionized America, it increased more jobs, as well as money, but the cotton gin only profited money for the whites by overworking black African-American slaves, and separating them from their loved ones. In 1793 Eli Whitney revolutionized America’s South with his invention of the cotton gin machine. This machine separated the cotton rapidly, without the need of having slaves take out individual cotton that took a lifetime thus causing many injuries. The cotton gin was such

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    more profit for cotton. The machine was called cotton gin, it's purpose was to increase the production of cotton greatly by removing seeds from cotton fiber. There were able to make the cotton gin in 1793.

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    Unit 5 Essential Questions 1) Whitney 's cotton gin made cotton generation gigantically beneficial, and made a regularly expanding interest for slave work. The South 's reliance on cotton creation attached it monetarily to the manor framework and racially to white amazingness. The social culture and political mastery of the moderately little manor gentry disguised subjection 's extraordinary social and financial expenses for whites and also blacks. Most slaves were held by a couple of substantial

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    The cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney in 1794 had a powerful impact on the slavery business and the Civil War. It allowed one slave to produce much more cotton, making the demand for cotton and slaves much higher, ultimately provoking the civil war and causing much more pain and suffering than what was needed. In the 1860 United States Census it shows that 55% or 436,631 of people in Mississippi were slaves by the year 1860, meaning that the majority of people in one state alone were enslaved

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    Juan Lopez Mr. Shrank ELA/ELD 18 April 2018 Cotton gin and lowell mill girls Before the machines were invented there were only women to do the job. Let's suppose that a woman could make one skirt a day before the invention and after the change in technology she could make 50. The good part of the lowell mill girls was that it could make hundreds a day. But the bad part of technology was that the workers did not have a job and the workers would not have enough money to buy food for their family

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