Eli Whitney & the cotton gin

Eli Whitney & the cotton gin

By Tralcia Mcintosh

Open Ended

What do you already know about the cotton gin?

Multiple Choice

Which word best describes Eli?

• friendly

• innovative

Multiple Choice

What was the hardest part about harvesting cotton?

• 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

Multiple Choice

Who invented the cotton gin?

• a. Catherine Greene

• b. George Washinton Carver

• c. Eli Whitney

• d. George Washington

Multiple Choice

What observation helped Eli Whitney solve the problem of taking the seeds out of the bolls?

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

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

Multiple Choice

How was the word 'Gin" created?

• It was Eli's name

• It came from his friend Greene

• It came from the word engine

Multiple Choice

Why did farmers need more labor for their farms?

• 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.

Multiple Choice

Why did employment in textile mills increase?

• 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

Multiple Choice

The invention of the cotton gin led to textile mills and more jobs, while __________.

• a. increasing the balance of trade with Europe

• b. increasing the number of people who were were enslaved

Multiple Choice

Why did slavery increase after the cotton gin was invented?

• Farmers grew less cotton.

• They needed more labor to grow the additional fields of cotton

Open Ended

Write in complete sentences three things you learnt from today's lesson.