Question

What was the purpose of the cotton gin popularized by Eli Whitney?

Answer 1

The cotton gin revolutionized agriculture. It also made possible the cotton economy of the American South, perpetuating and increasing the practice of slavery upon which the agricultural system depended. In 1798, Whitney, who had not seen much profit from his epochal machine, launched a new venture: arms manufacturing.

Answer 2

Cotton gin, machine for cleaning cotton of its seeds, invented in the United States by Eli Whitney in 1793.