The cotton gin allowed for the mass production of goods.
Columbus believed he had reached Asia when he had traveled less than halfway there because geographical knowledge at the time was limited. They believed if they sailed West they would reach Asia by sea but actually ended up in the Americas. He thought the world was smaller than it actually was.
it was used to defend slavery when the slave owners would say it was their god given right to own slaves but used to oppose it when people would say that it was against God's will
True , I think is correct :-)