Eli Whitney & the cotton gin

friendly

innovative

a. the thorns on the plants

b. Hand-picking takes a long time.

c. keeping the cotton clean

d. getting the seeds off the boll

a. Catherine Greene

b. George Washinton Carver

c. Eli Whitney

d. George Washington

Whitney observed a cat chasing chickens who were in a slat coop

Whitney observed a chicken chasing cats who were in a slat coop

It was Eli's name

It came from his friend Greene

It came from the word engine

They needed less labor to work the expanded acres.

Cotton was harder to grow and process once the gin was invented.

Farmers were able to expand their farms to grow more cotton.

Farmers produced more cotton

Consumers demanded less goods made from cotton

textile mills made less goods out of the cotton fiber.

Mills needed to hire less workers to make the goods

a. increasing the balance of trade with Europe

b. increasing the number of people who were were enslaved

Farmers grew less cotton.

They needed more labor to grow the additional fields of cotton