America had the cotton‚ they had the potential to produce lots of it but they couldn’t because the process of removing the cotton fiber (lint) from the seed was taking too long. Samuel Slater‚ an English man‚ recreated the cotton mill by memory. Eli Whitney saw the need for lint to be extracted faster and he created the cotton gin. This machine would separate the lint from the cotton by itself. Until then‚ people were doing that by hand. The production of cotton increased by 50 times. After that
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The American antebellum South‚ though steeped in pride and raised in military tradition‚ was to be no match for the burgeoning superiority of the rapidly developing North in the coming Civil War. The lack of emphasis on manufacturing and commercial interest‚ stemming from the Southern desire to preserve their traditional agrarian society‚ surrendered to the North their ability to function independently‚ much less to wage war. It was neither Northern troops nor generals that won the Civil
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Cotton Gin’s Contribution Eli Whitney was born in Westboro‚ Massachusetts on December 8‚ 1765. As a young boy he enjoyed taking things apart and then putting them back together. When he was young‚ he worked in a plantation in Georgia‚ tutoring children. He noticed slaves had trouble taking the seeds out of the cotton boll. He then had an idea for a device that could help out both slaves and plantation owners. The invention of the cotton gin‚ by Eli‚ had many big impacts in the south‚ on slavery
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Even though the Industrial Revolution had both good and bad effects on society and the economy‚ the goods drastically overpowered the bads. Starting in the 16th and 17th centuries‚ switches in agricultural manufacturing started to switch the methods people knew about farming. A number of new technological modifications followed in an enormous amount in the number of crops farmers could compose. To the shock of wool‚ silk‚ and linen manufacturers‚ cotton became beyond exceedingly popular in England
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The transformation from manual labor to machinery became known as the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution first took place in England between the 18th and 19th centuries. It was the period during which fundamental changes took place in agriculture‚ transportation‚ textiles and metal manufacture‚ economic policies‚ and the social structure. America wasn’t so quick to join the revolution. This is due to several important factors. During this time the settlers were trying to develop
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management are increased w/o increased productivity‚ prices: Answer: a. Rise 7. Problems in the measurement of productivity include: Answer: d. All of the above 8. The person who introduced standardized‚ interchangeable parts was: Answer: a. Eli Whitney Discussion Questions 1. Why should one study operation management? Answer: If your major field is not operations management‚ you may be wondering why you need to study operations management. Actually‚ there are compelling reasons for studying
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The market revolution‚ lasting from 1815 to 1860‚ was a drastic change of the manual labor system in the US brought about by improvements in communications and technology. The impact of a economic or technological revolutions on economic areas are seen through the technologies created during this time and how they affected the production of these areas. The impact of the market revolution on the Northwest and Midwest can be seen through the movement of people to northern urban areas to work in factories
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Nolan Kruse Father Ed APUSH period 1 January 4‚ 2012 Research Paper The Process of Industrialization The term industrialization is defined as the process in which a society or nation transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society into one based on the manufacturing of goods and services. Industrialization is largely a product of “laissez-faire” capitalism as the market runs the economy instead of it being government-run. It served not only as a process to reach a more modern society
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Watt steam engine further increased the production capabilities of the loom and production of linen and cotton for clothes. The cotton industry was not the only industry to benefit and advance production 100% the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 completely revolutionized the South. This single invention also reduced
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growing cotton. With slaves being so resourceful and able to control (at some points). The southern states started to flourish more than northern states. The invention of the cotton made came along. As the result of the cotton gin created by Eli Whitney‚ the cotton production skyrocketed (). It went from in the thousands of bales to in the millions of males. Some
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