Eli Whitney (History Maker Bios)

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True or False? Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, a machine for removing seeds from cotton.

False! Eli Whitney was the first person to build a wire-toothed cotton gin. But Eli's gin was not the first machine of its kind.

He made nails to earn money when he was a boy He went to court to protect his wire-toothed cotton gin when others tried to build similar machines.
He started his own musket-making business.

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