The Cotton Gin
Andrea Brecheen

The cotton gin was one of the most amazing and tragic inventions of early America. The cotton gin is credited to the brilliant and creative American inventor Eli Whitney. Because Whitney's invention made cotton harvesting easier, it allowed farmers in the South to increase production. The cotton gin simplified the process of removing the cotton from the seeds, a process formerly done by hand.

As a result, Southern plantations increased their production of cotton from 750,000 bales in 1830 to 2.85 million bales just 20 years later. Because of the increase in production, the farmers in South became even more dependent on cotton for revenue. This new reliance on cotton increased the need for slavery. More slaves were needed to farm the ever expanding cotton plantations. If Whitney had known the effects his invention would have on slavery, he never would have created it.

Which of the following would best support the author's claim that more slaves were needed after the invention of the cotton gin? (7 points)

Examples of other inventions that affected slaves' lives
Information related to the life and times of Eli Whitney
Stories of the first time people saw the cotton gin working in the field
Details about the number of slaves working cotton 20 years after the cotton gin

In a communist country, who has the power?

the state
the schools
the church
people

What steps to Ulysses S. Grant take to lay siege at Vicksburg?

PLEASE HELP NOW! How did Cincinnatus and the Roman people demonstrate citizenship? List some examples from “The Story of Cincinnatus.”

What does it mean to the economy of Georgia when it says 80% of goods entering Georgia come through the port?

Georgia exports less than it imports.

Georgia relies on northern states to support the economy.

Georgia’s economy does not need imports.

Georgia imports most of the products found in the state.

what are the four parts of congressional reconstruction?

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There were many important results of the Civil War. Which do you think was the most important, and why?

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Which of the following helped Japan's economy recover following World War II?

A.
Soviet humanitarian and military aid

B.
the discovery of oil and coal reserves

C.
significant investment by the United States

D.
the economic programs of the Marshall Plan

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Which of the following is TRUE about a free enterprise economic system?

Businesses are owned by the government.
Businesses are owned by the government.

Competition is discouraged.
Competition is discouraged.

Private citizens may own businesses.
Private citizens may own businesses.

The government decides what products to make.
The government decides what products to make.

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Many female antislavery champions also demanded the right to vote.
Men believed that women of all races were slaves and deserved to suffer.
The Second Great Awakening led to abolition and great medical advances.
Women who defended slaves were permitted to elect leaders.

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republicans
sympathized with African Americans
sympathized with Southern extremists such as the Ku Klux Klan
won the election of 1876
tried to uphold the Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871
threatened a filibuster during the election of 1876

In 1800, he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. presidency and became vice president instead.

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Describe the goals of the Civil Rights movement in Texas..
1. Use facts and/or examples of the civil rights movement

2.Explain how your evidence supports your answer. Make sure you connect your answer and the evidence

3.The Civil Rights movement in Texas was committed to

4.One tactic that was used to achieve their goals was to .

Identify factors that influence population growth?

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In what way were the actions of the protestors in the Boston Tea Party and Henry David Thoreau similar?


a
Both sought to protest taxes on tea in America.
b
Both used civil disobedience to resist government policy.
c
Both acted in support of the equal protection of the laws.

Some fighting for influence did take place between the two superpowers. Where?

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1. Why do you think Lincoln chose to start the Gettysburg Address by reminding people it had been 87 years since the Declaration of Independence was signed?

2. Families were divided, about 620,000 people died, and President Lincoln was assassinated all because of the Civil War. However, when the war was over, the United States remained united, and slaves were set free. Do you think that the result of the war was worth its cost?

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Which of the following was NOT a reason for the collapse of Ghana's Empire?

floods

over grazing

invaders

rebellion

By 1294, the Mongols had gained control over the Middle East and ———. However, they had not conquered Egypt and ———.
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1. Central Asia
West Asia
East Asia
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2. China
India
Korea

why did Andrew Jackson address the Seminoles as his children in his letter?

The chart shows the population of three major Washington cities. What was the main cause of the change in population from 1880 to 1910?

What was Sam Houston's position on Secession?

Select all the correct answers.
Which two sentences explain the North's opposition to the use of slavery in the South?
The population of enslaved people increased the South's representation in Congress.
Northerners saw slavery as an immoral and unjust practice.
Northern farmers couldn’t compete with Southern plantations supported by the labor of enslaved people.
Southerners refused to trade enslaved people with plantation owners in the North.
The North believed that slavery prevented the South from using modern farm equipment.