Cotton Gin
Your essay response should be between four (4) and five (5) pages in length, in 12-point font, double-spaced, and with one-inch margins on all of the page borders. Please cite your sources and number the pages.
Why is the statement “Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin” mostly incorrect? Using optional readings and other materials, please write a paper that summarizes the evolution and development of the modern cotton gin between 1000 BCE and the beginning of the nineteenth century (including an introduction that provides a clear indication of what you will discuss in your paper, as well as a thesis statement that directly addresses the two questions that make up this topic prompt). How did this technology transform global societies, in both negative and positive ways?
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Eli Whitney did not invent the cotton gin. The industrialization period led to the rise of different inventors who came up with different machines. The machines created were aimed at reducing the effort that was required for production and increasing the producer rather the harvest that was…
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