IMPACT OF THE COTTON GIN

WHAT WAS THE COTTON GIN

• an invention that shaped the economy in the south.
• separated cotton fibers from the seed

ELI WHITNEY

• born in Westboro, Massachusetts on Dec. 8, 1765
• invented the cotton gin in 1793
• died on Jan. 8, 1825
• graduated from Yale University

THE IMPACT

• it revolutionized the cotton industry in the US
• increased the growth of slavery
• one of the causes of the Civil War
• cotton became the #1 cash crop