USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -What had the greatest impact on the institution of slavery in the United States in the first quarter of the nineteenth century? Invention of the cotton gin. Which states used the cotton gin to run their economy?

Detailed explanation-2: -While it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for enslaved labor to grow and pick the cotton. In fact, the opposite occurred. Cotton growing became so profitable for enslavers that it greatly increased their demand for both land and enslaved labor.

Detailed explanation-3: -Whitney believed that his cotton gin would reduce the need for enslaved labor and would help hasten the end of southern slavery.

Detailed explanation-4: -Eli Whitney’s most famous invention was the cotton gin, which enabled the rapid separation of seeds from cotton fibres. Built in 1793, the machine helped make cotton a profitable export crop in the southern United States and further promoted the use of slavery for cotton cultivation.

Detailed explanation-5: -In popular mythology, Eli Whitney has been deemed the “father of American technology, ” for two innovations: the cotton gin, and the idea of using interchangeable parts.