Question

What problem did Eli Whitney's cotton gin resolve?

Planting and growing cotton
Separating the seeds from the cotton
Picking cotton in the field
Removing cotton from the stalks

Answer 1

Eli Whitney's cotton gin resolved the problem of **separating the seeds from the cotton**. Before the cotton gin was invented in 1793, this process was labor-intensive and time-consuming, as it required a significant amount of hand labor to remove the seeds from the cotton fibers. The cotton gin made this process much more efficient, leading to a dramatic increase in cotton production and, subsequently, the expansion of the cotton industry in the United States.