Parent upset after she says teacher had students pick cotton during history lesson
A North Carolina mother says her middle school student was asked to pick cotton during a lesson about the Industrial ...
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In 1794, Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gin. In 1812, the U.S. government authorized the issue of America's first war bonds -- to pay for military equipment for use against the ...
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If you went to elementary school in the United States, you no doubt learned about Eli Whitney’s cotton gin as an example of how the industrial revolution took previously manual processes and ...
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Parent upset after she says teacher had students pick cotton during history lesson
The cotton gin, patented by Eli Whitney in 1794, was used to quickly separate cotton fibers from seeds.