Card 4 - Cotton Gin

Question 1

Yr of Cotton Gin Establishing the South

Answer 1

1830

Question 2

4 Facts about Cotton Gin

Answer 2

1. 1793
2. Eli Whitney
3. Revolutionized South
4. Prior to 1790 seeds removed by hand

Question 3

Benefits of Cotton Gin:

Answer 3

• 1 person doing work of several men (before, one person per pound per day)
• Increased demand for Cotton
• Increased productivity in textile mills (because cotton was used in fabric)
• The South became popular in U.S. for Cotton production
• Contributed to 1st Industrial Revolution

Question 4

Downsides of Cotton Gin

Answer 4

• Cotton demand requires more workers/laborers

- Need for laborers cause illegal slave trade (although outlawed in US 1808)

Question 5

Eli Whitney

Answer 5

Inventor of Cotton Gin

Didn’t receive royalties for his invention

Opened a fun factory, a first that used the principle of interchangeable parts