Cotton Production
Definition
Cotton production involves planting cotton seeds in rows in a field, then harvesting the cotton bolls that grow from these plants. The cotton is then cleaned and processed into usable fibers.
Related terms
Plantation System: A system of large-scale agriculture where estates were owned by individuals or families who employed laborers, often enslaved, to work the land.
Cotton Gin: A machine for separating cotton from its seeds.
Textile Industry: An industry concerned with the production of yarn, cloth, clothing, and their distribution.
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Which invention greatly increased the efficiency of cotton production?
Whose invention revolutionized cotton production during the Market Revolution era of US history?
Which Southern inventor's creation significantly increased cotton production, reinforcing slavery's economic importance?
Who invented a device that revolutionized cotton production and increased demand for slave labor?
What technological innovation greatly increased cotton production and reinforced slavery's centrality to Southern society?
Which invention increased cotton production and its demand for slave labor in southern states?
Which invention during the Industrial Revolution had a significant impact on cotton production in the southern United States?
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