How did cotton gin contributed to civil war?

... of course, with the advent of the cotton gin. Suddenly cotton became a lucrative crop and a major export for the South. However, because of this increased demand, many more slaves were needed to grow cotton and harvest the fields. Slave ownership became a fiery national issue and eventually led to the Civil War. read more

Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin helped lead to the Civil War by making it possible to produce more cotton, thus increasing the profitability of huge cotton plantations in the South. These large plantations needed large numbers of workers in order to operate. read more

A simple mechanism with complex consequences, the cotton gin, shown as it appeared in Eli Whitney’s patent and on the previous page in a perspective drawing, changed the economics of the South and set a course to the Civil War. read more

The cotton gin indirectly fueled the Civil War by changing the economics of the cotton industry. Thinking first about what the cotton gin did, it was basically a machine to streamline the manual process of separating out the cotton fibers from the seeds and other plant refuse. read more