He invented a cotton gin that was popular in the South. The South became the cotton producing part of the country because Whitney’s cotton gin was able to successfully pull out the seeds from the cotton bolls. The cotton gin was a very simple invention. First‚ the cotton bolls were put into the top of the machine. Next‚ you turn the handle‚ which turns the cotton through the wire teeth that combs out the seeds. Then the cotton is pulled out of the wire teeth and out of the cotton gin. Farmers
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and the Cotton Gin Eli Whitney : Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin and a pioneer in the mass production of cotton. Whitney was born in Westboro ‚ Massachusetts.‚ on Dec. 8‚ 1765‚ and died on Jan. 8‚ 1825. He graduated from Yale College in 1792. By April 1793‚ Whitney had designed and constructed the cotton gin‚ a machine that automated the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber. Eli Whitney’s machine could produce up to 23 kg (50 lb) of cleaned cotton daily
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The rise of cotton production was very crucial and had an extreme effect on America’s economy. After Indigo had begun to be exported to Britain from other places‚ America needed a new cash crop. Following careful consideration‚ it was decided that cotton was the most reasonable choice. This led many former “indigo farmers along the coast [to] switch[ed] to Sea Island‚ or “black seed‚” cotton” which was a long-staple type of cotton (South Carolina Journey‚ pg. 119). This type of cotton
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Comparison of the Pinkprint and the Marshal Mathers LP 2 The two rappers that will be compared in the following are Nicki Minaj and Eminem. Unfortunately there is no known white female rapper except for Iggy Azalea‚ who is both‚ appropriating AAVE in her songs‚ as well as not American. Gender will not play a role in the comparison‚ the goal is to only focus on the language of different races. Six songs from The Pinkprint and The Marshal Mathers LP 2 respectively‚ omitting collaborations with other
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even knew there were places that had kids doing labor. But for those who did they would feel uncomfortable for example in the story “My Cotton Dress” one of the cotton farm girls rips her dress‚ but feels bad to get a new one because she knows children will have to make it. Both the kids that were aware and the kids that actually made the dress and picked the cotton‚ both thought that it was wrong and needed to be stopped. For the kids that did not know about the child labor they could have not known
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Photograph as Contemporary Art by Charlotte Cotton was first publish in 2004. Charlotte Cotton discusses the transformation of photography‚ as it moves into the category of contemporary art. As they were gaining momentum throughout history‚ but today they have people more vocal than they ever been. She is more concerned about the motivations of the photographer; rather than the themes‚ or subject matter. Because that’s the main focus when “regular” people are viewing photographs. She is focusing
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Note Service Chapter 11 Section 1 - King Cotton and Southern Expansion American Communities Natchez - Under - the - Hill I. The flatboat men from the Mississippi are angry because of the tax on their merchandise. The tax was supposed to eliminate competition from weaker captains who could not afford to pay the 10 dollars. Their goods were confiscated and they responded by declaring violent threats only to be stopped by the militia. II. French originally owned this territory and obtained it from
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DBQ Mechanization of the Cotton Industry in Japan and India During the period between the 1880’s and 1930’s both Japan and India showed great increases in the use of machines to produce cotton and yarn products. While demand for these products increased‚ demand for workers also increased. Both countries recruited these laborers in similar fashions. Major differences between Japan and India during this time period were gender differences in workers and their working conditions. Documents 1‚ 2
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the 1930s‚ Japan and India both were beginning to mechanize their cotton industries. Both of these countries had similar recruitment techniques‚ but differed when it came to who the workers were and where they came from‚ and the working conditions they had in the mill. Documents 1‚ 2‚ and 6 all show the increased usage of machines in Japanese and Indian cotton factories. The chart in Document 1 that details the production of cotton yarn and cloth in India shows how India utilized more machines to
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have an American identity‚ why they felt as though they no longer wanted to be a part of the British rule‚ and after they’ve left the empire ruling‚ who the American Identity was describing. The American identity came to play during the 1750’s. Mather Byles feels as though the British are nothing more than tyrants that don’t care about the Americans. During a continental congress meeting the same message is stated. American pride became a very important thing to the after the many speeches and
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