Cotton Gin Effects
In the 1850s, Southern America produced approximately seventy percent of the world’s cotton. However, this production would not have been possible if it wasn’t for the invention of the Cotton Gin. Since he was little, Eli Whitney, developed a passion towards being an inventor. He frequently worked in his father’s workshop and there he would take things apart and would put them back together. At the age of 24, he enrolled in college in order to become a lawyer. It was not long after when he found himself in financial trouble. Due to this, he moved to Massachusetts to work as a private tutor. While he was there, he noticed the struggle that farmers would go through while dealing with the cotton. It was then when he knew that he wanted to invent
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More slaves were needed to keep producing cotton, which led to an increase in slavery. By 1860 one in three Southerners was a slave. Because of the cotton gin, slaves now were forced to work in a more regimented environment and cover larger plantations while working for long periods of time. The founding fathers thought that slavery was going to die eventually, but they were wrong. The Cotton Gin renewed slavery, leading the south to defend slavery. The North did not feel the same, as a result, the Civil War …show more content…
Since cotton was the main production, it lead to a boom in cotton products in Southern America and the continuation of the cotton industry throughout the first half of the 19th century. Without the invention of the Cotton Gin, the farms would have remained small operations, the plantation culture would not have developed and slavery would have died in the early 19th century.
Lastly, the creation of the Cotton Gin was the main cause that led to the Civil War. The Civil War had such a remarkable impact on the United States that it would be almost impossible to imagine how different our country would be if it would not have happened. Also, the tremendous tension between state’s rights and the federal government would not be quite as extreme as it was in the mid-nineteen century. The South would have not begun to invest more in slaves, and there would not have been the striking disagreement between conservatism and liberalism as
More slaves were needed to keep producing cotton, which led to an increase in slavery. By 1860 one in three Southerners was a slave. Because of the cotton gin, slaves now were forced to work in a more regimented environment and cover larger plantations while working for long periods of time. The founding fathers thought that slavery was going to die eventually, but they were wrong. The Cotton Gin renewed slavery, leading the south to defend slavery. The North did not feel the same, as a result, the Civil War …show more content…
Since cotton was the main production, it lead to a boom in cotton products in Southern America and the continuation of the cotton industry throughout the first half of the 19th century. Without the invention of the Cotton Gin, the farms would have remained small operations, the plantation culture would not have developed and slavery would have died in the early 19th century.
Lastly, the creation of the Cotton Gin was the main cause that led to the Civil War. The Civil War had such a remarkable impact on the United States that it would be almost impossible to imagine how different our country would be if it would not have happened. Also, the tremendous tension between state’s rights and the federal government would not be quite as extreme as it was in the mid-nineteen century. The South would have not begun to invest more in slaves, and there would not have been the striking disagreement between conservatism and liberalism as