Question

The cotton gin:
Select one:
a. Decreased the number of slaves that the South needed
b. Increased the number of slaves that the South needed
c. Did not change the number of slaves that the South needed
d. Prompted the South to free all slaves

Answer 1

C was wrong ...

Answer 2

@FlufflePuffle

Answer 3

a

Answer 4

Yeah, I know, I'm really sorry. I was reading the wrong thing. It's B. It increased the amount of cotton that needed to be planted and picked.

Answer 5

ugh. sorry.

Answer 6

The cotton gin increased the amount of slaves because they needed more cotton to be planted and picked, this increased the amount of slaves due to cotton now being a cash crop.