Comments on: What was the political importance of the cotton gin? http://macmccadden.com/what-was-the-political-importance-of-the-cotton-gin-78.html Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:49:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Shay p http://macmccadden.com/what-was-the-political-importance-of-the-cotton-gin-78.html/comment-page-1#comment-166 Shay p Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:33:21 +0000 http://macmccadden.com/what-was-the-political-importance-of-the-cotton-gin-78.html#comment-166 <a href=""></a> cotton gin machine for cleaning cotton of its seeds, invented in the United States by Eli Whitney in 1793. The cotton gin is an example of an invention directly called forth by an immediate demand; the mechanization of spinning in England had created a greatly expanded market for American cotton, whose production was inhibited by the slowness of manual removal of the seeds from the raw fibre.

cotton gin
machine for cleaning cotton of its seeds, invented in the United States by Eli Whitney in 1793. The cotton gin is an example of an invention directly called forth by an immediate demand; the mechanization of spinning in England had created a greatly expanded market for American cotton, whose production was inhibited by the slowness of manual removal of the seeds from the raw fibre.

]]> By: CanProf http://macmccadden.com/what-was-the-political-importance-of-the-cotton-gin-78.html/comment-page-1#comment-165 CanProf Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:34:27 +0000 http://macmccadden.com/what-was-the-political-importance-of-the-cotton-gin-78.html#comment-165 <a href=""></a> It was important because it made slavery much more economically viable. By reinforcing the slave based economy of the South it played a role in maintaining the separateness of the South as a region and thus ultimately in the South leaving the Union and precipitating the Civil War.

It was important because it made slavery much more economically viable. By reinforcing the slave based economy of the South it played a role in maintaining the separateness of the South as a region and thus ultimately in the South leaving the Union and precipitating the Civil War.

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