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Industry and agriculture in the 1800s was significantly changed with the invention of both interchangeable parts and the cotton gin. Eli Whitney revolutionized agriculture and manufacturing in America during the 1800s with both his invention of interchangeable parts and the Cotton Gin. With the invention of interchangeable parts Eli was able to initiate factory production and influence the American Industrial revolution. According to the articles about the Eli Whitney Museum article “Whitney’s work

     One of the most important events caused by the cotton gin was the exile of the Cherokee Indians along the Trail of Tears. As the demand for cotton and slaves grew the South began to look for more land, and discovered it in the land owned by the Cherokee Indians. The land was taken from them beginning in 1828

The cotton gin was invented in 1794 by Eli Whitney directly following the creation of the new nation, yet prior to its westward expansion. This invention caused cotton to quickly become the most profitable cash crop, which caused it become widely spread among agricultural lands across the country. This westward expansion of cotton fields and gins placed a gigantic burden on enslaved blacks who were being forced to harvest cotton and operate the gins as “property”. Cotton, and even more so slavery

roadblock led to the compromise of 1820. The compromise said that free and slave states had to be admitted in pairs to retain equality in the Senate, and that no further slave states would be permitted north of 36°30´. Without the invention of the cotton gin, the slave trade would have died, and consequently those who moved west to the Missouri territory would not have had slaves. Another important event is the movement that emerged in the North as a backlash against the Southern slavery. The abolitionist

How the Cotton Gin Changed the Economy and the face of Social Issues By: Brad Oliver Hist 121: American History to 1877 Lucas Volkman 5/1/2016 The invention of the Cotton Gin by Eli Whitney was something that had far greater impact than anyone imagined that it would at the time. What seemed like just an engineering wonder at the time, quickly changed the face of the country. The Cotton Gin was an invention that was built for one specific purpose in mind, to create more efficiency

American society was hugely impacted by Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin because it changed the way cotton was separated, in turned made cotton production easier and made cotton plantations spread across the South. This increased the need for slavery and caused a bigger wedge between the North and the South. In the South, during the late 1700’s, tobacco became a less lucrative crop, and it also laid waste to the land robbing it of nutrients. Other crops of the period, hardly made any profit

Place yourself in the roaring twenties. A decade of jazz and gin, of invention and discovery, and of conformism and materialism. The American man believed America could be going in no other direction but forward, with the advent of radio and television broadcasting, various household appliances, and important medicines like Penicillin and Insulin, among others. Renowned author, Aldous Huxley, lived during this roaring age and saw something different. He feared for America’s future. Although he had

politics and other topical issues.” This literary device is portrayed heavily in both the illustrations “Gin Lane” by William Hogarth and in “Untitled” by Paul Kuczynski. “Gin Lane” is basically an illustration by William Hogarth that depicts life in the gin shops and shows the negative effects the drink had on the people of London. It shines a light on the horrible circumstances London was under when gin was introduced to its people. “Unititled” is an illustration by Paul Kuczynski that represents how

7.03 Assignment 1. How did the invention of the cotton gin affect slavery in the United States? Before the cotton gin was invented there weren’t need for many slaves. They cotton business wasn’t a money making business because of how long it took to produce cotton and seeds. I once was in Georgia and picked a big garbage bag full of it took me a year to remove the seeds from half the bag. Since the cotton gin removed all the seeds and took less time there was need for more slaves to speed the

During the mid 16th century, the Spanish began their conquest of the newly ‘discovered’ North America . The native populous of North America (referred to as ‘Indians’) became the subject of a heated debate in which the humanity and mental capacity of the Natives were called into question. Specifically, whether or not the Indians had ability to accept Christianity. As the subject became more in-depth Charles V, the king of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire at the time ordered a group of lawyers and