~Eli Whitney's invention - 1793 cotton gin
-northern and English factories were need more cotton to keep up with increased cotton to keep up with demand.
-one man running the Gin could clean the cotton of 50 men.

~Cotton Gin leads to Cotton Kingdom
-from 6,000 bales of cotton in 1792
-to over 2 million bales/year in 1830's

~slavery in the south
-with the development of the Cotton Gin
:more cotton is produced - increasing the need for cotton pickers