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This invention changed the way the South functioned, and the ripple effect it created changed the course of history forever. The ripple effect caused by Eli Whitney's cotton gin can be seen as the driving force behind many of the conflicts between North and South, and eventually culminating in the Civil War. ... One of the most important events caused by the cotton gin was the exile of the Cherokee Indians along the Trail of Tears. ... Whitney's cotton gin, and its ripple effect was having a major impact on the events in the American South. Another major effect of slavery caused ...
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