Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin

Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin is what type of story?

• Historical Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Informational

• Journal Entry

Cotton is turned into....?

• Harvest

• cloth

• woven

• gin

Is cotton a plant?

• Yes

• No

Which is NOT an example of something made from cotton?

• pencils

• textiles

• clothing

• yarn

It does not take long to prepare bales of cotton to be sold

• True

• False

Cotton has been a cash crop for a long time.

• True

• False

What is The Cotton Belt?

• A machine used to make cotton

• A region of the USA in the southeastern part

• A region in the north of the United States

• Canada

Technology changed the cotton industry

• True

• False

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

• Lowell Mill Girls

• Alexendar Graham Bell

• Potomoc Edisson

• Eli Whitney

Before the Cotton Gin who had to harvest and do all the work?

• Lowell Mill Girls

• Alexendar Graham Bell

• Enslaved laborers

• Eli Whitney