The Cotton Gin and Slavery [Invention that changed America] | Daily Bellringer

By 1804, which states had abolished slavery? 

• Southern 

• New York and South Carolina 

• All northern states 

• None of the above.  Slavery was found in all states in the United States

Cotton could not be processed quickly because it was hard to pick out the 

• worms 

• seeds 

• moldy parts 

• insects 

"Gin" in cotton gin is short for 

• origins

• leggings 

• imagine 

• engine 

The amount of cotton that could be produced in a single day went from ___ pounds a day to ____ pounds a day after the invention of the hand cranked cotton gin. 

• 2 lbs to 50 lbs 

• 15 lbs to 100 lbs 

• 2 lbs to 10 lbs 

• 50 lbs to 150 lbs. 

The increase in cotton production led to 

• an increase in the  demand for slave labor 

• an increase in the demand for factory workers in the north 

• a decrease in the price of cloth 

• all of the above were results of the increased production of cotton 

Eli Whitney became wealthy with the invention of the cotton gin. 

• True 

• False 

Weapon manufacturing, using interchangeable parts did not become profitable until Eli Whitney died in 1825. 

• True 

• False 

Which choice shows the events listed in the correct order? 

• Invention of the Cotton Gin, Civil War, Rapid Growth of Slavery 

• Rapid growth of Slavery, Invention of the Cotton Gin, Civil War 

• Invention of the Cotton Gin, Rapid Growth of Slavery, Civil War 

• All three events happened during the same year. 

In at least three sentences, explain how the Invention of the cotton gin impacted the United States.