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CYOA #3
Venn Diagram: Cotton Gin V. Steam Engine
Cotton Gin
Cotton Gin
Steam Engine
-started in the South
-started in the North
-Cotton Boom
-Industrial Revloution
-developed by an American
-developed by Americans and Europeans
-Eli Whitney patented machine in 1793
-used to remove seeds from one type of cotton: short- staple cotton
-shipping by land was difficult
-Robert Fulton tested his first steamboat design in 1803
-used to power two
forms of transportation: steamboats and steam powered trains
-traveling by land and water was easy
-faster
-increase in trade
-rapidly spread across the US
-caused the growth of cities
-dangerous
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