What made cotton so enticing? Before cotton, tobacco, rice, and indigo were America's oldest cash crops. The textile industry began to increase, and the demand for cotton clothing exploded. Cotton became known as “King Cotton” because it made up half of American exports and the South produced more than half the world’s supply of cotton. Therefore, Eli Whitney invented a process to easily separate cotton fiber from its seeds which impacted the nation economically, politically, and socially. Thus,…
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