What were two important changes in the south brought about by the invention and use of the cotton gin?

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youngstudier · Answer

Are there answer choices?

anonymous · Answer

One of them was the innovation of interchangeable parts, and another (possibility) would be changing the way people use/purify/make cotton.

anonymous · Answer

Yes :
A. Cotton plantations spread westward 
B cotton production required fewer laborers
C growers shipped more cotton northward
D growers started more cotton plantations in coastal areas

youngstudier · Answer

I'm not sure, sorry.

anonymous · Answer

A. This would cause an excuse to expand slavery, so I believe this could be an option
B. Debatable; it required fewer people, but then they wanted to have more to expand west. This isn't true.
C. This is true because purified cotton made it actually usable.
D. Coastal areas had agriculture such as crops, they didn't need cotton.