Cotton Gin Research Paper

Elainea Colombo

Professor Douzart

History 1301

27 October 2015

Writing Assignment #3

I feel the most significant event in the U.S. History is when the was the impact of the Cotton Gin, and how when this was invented that it really changed how the cotton industry was to be able to ship out more cotton faster. During the 1800 is when the agricultural transition was taking place in the South. The long staple cotton grew well in the tidewater area where the climate was moist and warm. Short staple cotton was hardy and grew prolifically in the upland but had rough seeds that could take hours to separate from the fibers of the cotton. For an example it would take all day to remove the seed from one pound of cotton. In 1972 Eli Whitney

During his terms the population was rapidly growing as immigrants flooded the country. And this was accompanied by the economic development. There was a movement called Jacksonian Democracy, this was a movement that was toward more of a widespread participation in the government. The political system became available and open to more people. Even though it was named after Jackson, many of the items in this movement occurred before he took office. A conflict during Jackson’s administration was his support of the supremacy of the Union of the doctrine of nullification by John C. Calhoun. John C. Calhoun argued that a state could declare an act of the federal government, for example tariff, null and void in that state. The State legislature voted and it was declared the act was unconstitutional. Jackson felt that the Constitution made the government supreme over states in these matters. His legacy that many may recall was his personality. Which allowed him to greatly expand the president’s executive powers, strengthening the position. His record as a war hero made him popular with the people. He became the second most popular president among people at the