Question

Which of the following is not an outcome of the invention of the cotton gin? It helped provide industrial mills with a source of raw material. It provided the Southern states with a viable cash crop. It reestablished the importance of holding slaves. It brought great wealth to its inventor.

Answer 1

it did not reestablish the importance of slaves

Answer 2

The correct answer is D) it brought great wealth to its inventor.

The statement that is not an outcome of the invention of the cotton gin is “it brought great wealth to its inventor.”

Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin. This new machine modernized the production of cotton in the textile industry. The cotton gin sped up the process of removing seeds from the fiber of the cotton. This allowed cotton producers to increase cotton exportation. Although the invention was very helpful it did not represent great income for Eli Whitney due to problems with the patent of the invention. There were patent-infringement issues.