One factor that had the greatest impact in driving the country in war was the economic difference. The North and the South had different opinion and beliefs making them divide as a region. The Invention of cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 made gathering cotton possible. This caused an increase in plantations to grow cotton which caused the great need for cheap labor. It meant that slaves were the cheap labor to get the work done. The southern economy became dependent on slavery and cotton. While
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greatest and most influential Americans‚ Eli Whitney should be definitely be on that list‚ he is by far more than qualified. Although‚ it is true that he was not a perfect man‚ Eli Whitney changed the course of agriculture in the south and left his mark on the United States of America. Whitney was an American inventor and mechanical engineer‚ whose many inventions helped push America towards the future that lay ahead in the industrial revolution. Eli Whitney was a man of many skills and among that
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Question: How did technology give an advantage to the Union in the Civil War? 1. Battery D‚ 2nd U.S. Artillery‚ at Fredericksburg‚ VA 2. Battle in action at Fredericksburg‚ Va 3. A company of the 6th Maine Infantry on parade after the battle of Fredericksbu rg 4. Aquia Creek and the Fredericksburg Railroad‚ with a construction corps at work 5.
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the North hoped it would. Then came a man‚ and an invention‚ which changed the course of history. In 1792‚ Eli Whitney visited the plantation of Catherine Greene‚ the wife of Revolutionary War general‚ Nathaniel Greene‚ near Savannah Georgia. He watched cotton being cleaned; a very long and time consuming process to do by hand. Watching the cotton being cleaned an idea came to Whitney. He decided he would build a machine that would clean cotton faster than it could be done by hand. Thus‚ he
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wondered what it was like to be in the Civil War? Or how strong or weak the South and North were? Well I explain all of this in my essay. The South had very many strengths including: Guerilla Warfare‚ good generals‚ unified groups‚ skilled soldiers‚ and the home field advantage .Guerilla Warfare was a “hit and run” tactic that the confederacy used as an attack. For our generals we had General Ulysses Grant. He made the North surrender and helped us win the war. Their army was very unified or together
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In 1861‚ when the Civil War broke out‚ the Confederacy and the Union both had numerous advantages and disadvantages and there were multiple women and slaves that contributed to the war. To begin with‚ the Confederacy had its significant advantages that helped it push through the war‚ one of which was its strong leaders. Many believed “Stonewall” Jackson and Robert E. Lee were some of the best officers even before the war. Also‚ they had the advantage of fighting on their own soil. They knew the
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Eli Whitney 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
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Maggie Friedman Professor Sullivan TSEM 102 Section 058 22 September 2014 Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in the late 1800’s. Its original purpose was to help people separate cotton fibers from their seeds. This process was necessary in order to use the cotton in its proper way. This invention came at a time when slavery was starting to slowly become less crucial to the nation’s economy and freeing slaves was gaining momentum. The cotton gin soiled all plans of reducing slavery by increasing
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the Union in the Civil War The American Civil War‚ was fought from 1861 to 1865. It was caused by the disagreement over the future of slavery between the industrialized North and the agrarian South. That dispute led to secession. The North’s initial political objective was clear: to restore the Union. Later‚ emancipation‚ or freeing the slaves‚ became another objective. The Confederacy (South) wanted its independence. The Secession led to the Civil War. The victory of Union in the Civil War was
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The Civil War began on April 12‚ 1861. There were two sides. The North and South. Both which had advantages upon each other. One of the many advantages that the North had against the South was that it had more than 70% of the nation’s railroad lines. On the other hand‚ the South had better generals than the North. First of all‚ one of the biggest advantages the North had was men. They had four times the soldier then the South had. The North also had better equipment (like cannons) and supplies
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