Question

Never roll an unstretched canvas for storage
a)True
b)False

Answer 1

The statement is false; before the cotton gin, long staple cotton was preferred due to the ease of manually cleaning the fibers. The correct answer is b).

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement that short staple cotton was preferred to long staple prior to the invention of the cotton gin is false. Before the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793, long staple cotton was more sought after because it was easier to clean and separate the seeds from the fibers by hand. Short staple cotton had fibers more entangled with the seeds, making the manual cleaning process much more labor-intensive and less efficient. The cotton gin changed that by providing an efficient way to separate the seeds from short staple cotton, making it more economically viable and leading to its prominence in the cotton industry.