Eli WHitenyBy: Hollie bostic & Aleena

peck

Eli whitney born on December 8, 1765

westborough, Massachusetts He died on January 8, 1825

He died at age 60

COTTON ginThe cotton gin is a mechanical device that

removes seeds from cotton.

Gin is short for engine.

The invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry in the

united states.

Cotton gin cont.Do to his invention, farming cotton required hundreds of man hours to separate the cottonseed from the

raw cotton fibers.

Eli Whitney's cotton gin

Cotton ginEli Whitney designed the cotton gin to

try to put a end to slavery, but it actually increased slavery. It

increased slavery because if they had more people to work the cotton gins they could make more money.

How much could the cotton gin clean?

The cotton gin could clean up to 50 pounds a day, that’s more that half of what men could do in a month.

Eli Whitney and the cotton gin

bibliographyWere we got our information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Whitney

inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/

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By Hollie bostic and Aleena Peck