How inventions change history.

Multiple Choice

Why did Eli Whitney head to the South?

• To invent the cotton gin

• Solve economic concerns

• end slavery

• to tutor

Multiple Choice

The cotton gin could cut 10 hours of work down to

• 1 hours

• 5 hours

• 8 hours

• 2 hours

Open Ended

Thomas Jefferson and George Washington owned slaves while president.

Explain how this contradicted their beliefs and the ideals they fought for in the American Revolution.

Open Ended

What began to happen to the population of slaves in the U.S. due to the cotton gin invention? Use evidence from video to explain.

Open Ended

Explain with evidence from video what happened to Eli Whitney.

Open Ended

How was Whitney's design pirated?

Open Ended

Explain with evidence how cotton becomes King Cotton.