Cotton Gin Flashcards
1
Q
Who created the Cotton Gin?
A
Eli Whitney
2
Q
Positive effects include…
A
- Increase economic wealth of the country
- More efficient and quick production of cotton (from 300 pounds a day to 1000 pounds!)
- Previously, each worker could only clean 1 pound of cotton a day
3
Q
Negative effects include…
A
- Demand for cotton farming = increase in slavery
- Eli Whitney simply improved on others’ idea of the Cotton Gin, yet he achieved a patent.
