The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney had a great effect on slavery and agriculture in the South. The cotton gin was a machine that removed the seeds from the cotton. Removing the seeds from the cotton was a long and tedious process. This invention made processing cotton relatively fast and easy. The cotton gin's speed allowed the cotton plantations to produce massive amounts of cotton. This became very profitable. To support the harvesting of all of the cotton, more slaves were needed to run the cotton gins and harvest the cotton. This brought more slaves to America and boosted the population of slaves in the South. The increased number of slaves in the South actually helped heighten the problem with slavery. Slavery was becoming more evident and peop

The abolitionists played an important part in influencing the Civil War and abolishing slavery. They worked hard to bring attention to cruelness of slavery. They protested from the late 1700's until the end of the war to get slavery abolished. Emancipation was achieved by all of the northern states by 1804. Next, slave trading was abolished 4 years later. As time goes on, the abolitionists become more radical and eventually get louder and attract more people on to follow the path to free that slaves. Flyers, articles and petitions began spreading the word of abolishing slavery. All of the work of talking and abolishing forced the friction between the North and the South to increase steadily. Eventually the friction increased to until the American Civil War was started.

le were becoming more aware that slavery was wrong in both the North and the South.

The causes of the civil war are much broader than this essay. This essay does cover three important causes. I chose to use points from all aspects of tension. Agriculturally, the cotton gin increased the number of slaves and made them louder and more visible. Individuals can make their voice heard as Nat Turner turned against his owners and made a stand against slavery. Finally, the hard work of the abolitionist to get laws passed and voice their views of

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