Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin 5.5.4 ALL

The teacher _______________ the class to see who was paying attention.

The cotton gin separated the seeds from the cotton ___________.

What is a plantation?

Picking the cotton seeds out by hand is _____________ work that is boring and takes a long time.

Picking the seeds out by hand was also _______________.

When an inventor invents something new, they need to get a __________ so that no one else can steal their idea.

This means that a lot of people want something or that they are asking forcefully for something.

Example: GIVE ME CANDY NOW!!!!

To do something with very little time wasted is to do it _______________.

This means to make a lot of money doing something.

Example: Growing cotton was very ____________. A lot of people wanted to buy it and the people selling it made a lot of money.