Cotton Gin

Cotton Gin

5th - 8th Grade

12 Qs

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Cotton Gin

Cotton Gin

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History

5th - 8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.4.5, RI.5.5, RI.6.5

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12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The economy of the south was based on _________.

manufacturing
agriculture
tourism
trade

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The cotton gin processes cotton more quickly, so why did the invention of the cotton gin increase the need for slaves even though it reduced the need for labor for seed removal?

It was an extremely complicated machine.  Therefore, more slaves were needed to operate and repair it.
 Now that more cotton could be processed quickly, more cotton needed to be grown and picked.
Only the large plantations used the gin.  Smaller plantations still processed cotton by hand.
The cotton gin only gathered the fiber and crushed the cotton seeds.  Slaves still physically picked through the fibers and pulled out the seeds.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The man who invented the cotton gin was...

Samuel Slater
Michael Rodriguez
Francis Weber
Eli Whitney

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The invention of the cotton gin increased the efficiency of cotton production and actually increased the demand for this

Water Power
Coal
FIre
Slaves

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is meant by cleaning cotton?

Washing it in soapy water

Boiling the fibers until the seeds melt

Picking the tiny seeds from the bolls of cotton

Hanging cotton in dry spaces until the cotton is clean

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The nickname given to cotton.

White Gold

Emperor Crop

Carolina Cash

Queen Cotton

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which is TRUE regarding the cotton gin?

It made more people see and admit the evils of slavery
It caused demand for slaves to drastically increase
It made cotton easier to plant
It was invented by James Monroe

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