LibertyEli Whitney- Cotton Gin/ Interchangeable Parts

Liberty Eli Whitney- Cotton Gin/ Interchangeable Parts

Today we will explain the effects of technological innovations, such as interchangeable parts using a reading selection.

Today we will complete a graphic organizer to explain the effects of interchangeable parts.

What do you notice about the picture. List three items on the next slide.

Multiple Select

What did you notice about the previous picture?

The manchine is known as a cotton gin.

• Slaves are working on multiple tasks

• NO one is working

• There is machinery

• There is a lot of product

Eli Whitney-Cotton Gin

Eli Whitney was an inventor. His inventions changed they way the rate of production in the cotton industry.

If you created an invention What would be its purpose?

Say you had to cut, count, and staple 1000 pages in groups of 10. What would be the main purpose of creating a machine to help you with your task? Think about time, energy, and making money.

Poll

Let's think this through.. Inventions are made to make a job/task faster, easier cheaper. Inventions are made to produce more in less amount of time.

The faster a product is produced, the faster money will be made.

Answer the question below

• Inventions faclitate a job/task

• Inventions produce less product

Eli Whitney

Inventor of the Cotton Gin and Interchangeable parts.

His inventions will help bring forth Mass Production Interchangeable Parts

Cotton Gin/ Economic Boom

It would take an entire day to clean 1 pound of cotton. The cotton gin sped up the process of cleaning cotton.

I caused an economic boom and also an increase in slavery.

Interchangeable Parts

The concept of interchangeable parts increased mass production and the ability to maintain and repair machinery or a variety of devices such as guns.

If a part was broken, only that part would be rapiared or replaced as opposed to needing to purchase an entirely new machine.

Poll

In current times, is mass production still used?

Think of shoes, devices,cars.

• Yes, mass production is still relevant today.

• No mass production stopped with the ending of slavery.

Multiple Choice

How did Eli Whitney's ideas about making weapons contribute to an improvement in manufacturing?

• The parts of his weapons were interchangeable.

• His ideas contributed to the invention of the assembly line in factories.

• All are correct.

Multiple Choice

How did the Cotton Gin affect slavery?

• Plantation owners needed less slaves.

• It didn't affect it.

• Plantation owners needed more slaves.

Multiple Choice

Which states benefited the most from the Cotton Gin?

• The northern states.

• The southern states.

Multiple Select

What were the unexpected consequences of Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin?

• The demand and price of slaves increased

• Expansion of cotton production which required more slaves

• More land is purchased to grow cotton in the South and Southwest

Multiple Choice

What other process was changed by Eli Whitney?

• Manufacturing using interchangeable parts

• Improve horse harnesses