Use this passage to answer the following question:
Read the passage. Which sentence from the text expresses the author's opinion? (7 points)

"More slaves were needed to farm the ever expanding cotton plantations."
"The cotton gin was one of the most amazing and tragic inventions of early America."
"The cotton gin simplified the process of removing the cotton from the seeds, a process formerly done by hand."
"Because Whitney's invention made cotton harvesting easier, it allowed farmers in the South to increase production."

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Use this passage to answer the following question:
Read the passage. Which sentence from the text expresses the author's opinion? (7 points)

 	
	"More slaves were needed to farm the ever expanding cotton plantations."
	"The cotton gin was one of the most amazing and tragic inventions of early America."
	"The cotton gin simplified the process of removing the cotton from the seeds, a process formerly done by hand."
	"Because Whitney's invention made cotton harvesting easier, it allowed farmers in the South to increase production."

anonymous · Answer

The Cotton Gin
Andrea Brecheen

The cotton gin was one of the most amazing and tragic inventions of early America. The cotton gin is credited to the brilliant and creative American inventor Eli Whitney. Because Whitney's invention made cotton harvesting easier, it allowed farmers in the South to increase production. The cotton gin simplified the process of removing the cotton from the seeds, a process formerly done by hand.

As a result, Southern plantations increased their production of cotton from 750,000 bales in 1830 to 2.85 million bales just 20 years later. Because of the increase in production, the farmers in South became even more dependent on cotton for revenue. This new reliance on cotton increased the need for slavery. More slaves were needed to farm the ever expanding cotton plantations. If Whitney had known the effects his invention would have on slavery, he never would have created it.

benhogi · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

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kyanthedoodle · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

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kyanthedoodle · Answer

It's ok.

anonymous · Answer

sorry for bothering you all

anonymous · Answer

You were not bothering me at all. ^_^

anonymous · Answer

my brother made a few people made so they blocked me :( again i"m sorry

texaschic101 · Answer

cotton gin was most amazing and tragic inventions...sounds like an opinion to me