Question

Eli Whitney’s innovations had profound effects on the people in American who provided labor. Describe two groups impacted by his innovations and explain the impact on them: How their work was changed and where their work was accomplished.

Answer 1

Two groups that Eli Whitney's innovations had profound effects were farm owners and Northern manufacturers. Farm land owners could now have a faster way to export cotton with the help of cotton gin causing the market for slaves boost as well. Northern Manufacturers could now expand factories for textiles being that cotton was coming in faster having many workers employed. Their work had changed industrially being that there was now a faster way to collect all materials.