SLAVES
Did the enslaved population increase or decrease after the cotton gin was created?
Increase
What did the cotton gin do?
Cleans the cotton much faster
TRUE / FALSE :
Eli Whitney created the cotton gin with the intention to decrease the slave population.
TRUE
How much was one male sold for in the late 1830s? (hint:MORE THAN 900, LESS THAN 1,100)
$1000!
The cotton gin filters out....
SEEDS!
What invention did Eli Whitney invent?
The cotton gin
only 1/3
Cotton was the world's first........
luxuries!
What year did Eli Whitney create the cotton gin?
1794
What work did the slaves still need to do, even after the cotton gin was invented?
Slaves still had to plant, cultivate, and harvest the cotton.
How many pounds of cotton did the cotton gin allow slaves to clean per day
up to 50 pounds!
WHY did Eli Whitney create the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney watched the slaves suffer while working on the plantations, & felt for them, so she wanted to help make their cleaning process much easier and quicker.