Cotton Gin

What was the increase of slaves?

20,000-600,000

By mid-19th century the cotton had become ?

America's leading export

What did the cotton gin do?

a machine that efficiently removed seeds from cotton fibers.

How did the Cotton Gin effect the North and the South?

by increasing short staple plantations all over

When did Eli Whitney invent the cotton gin?

in 1793 and received a patent for it on March 14, 1794.

With the invention of the Cotton Gin what happened to the population of slaves in the South?

increased b/c they needed slaves to harvest the cotton

How did the cotton gin affect slavery?

increased need for slaves to keep up with the profitability that came with its invention.

How did the invention of the cotton gin change the South?

there was a higher demand for slaves. They were the only one that grew and harvested the cotton.