Cotton Exports Cotton as a percentage
of US exports
7.1%
32.0%
The cotton gin was introduced in 1793. What was the
effect of this invention in the US?
Production of cotton decreased by 32% between
1800 and 1820.
O Production and export of cotton decreased by 50%
between 1800 and 1860.
O Production and export of cotton initially increased,
then began to decline.
O The export of cotton increased by 50% between
1800 and 1860.
1800
1820
51.6%
57.5%
1840
1860