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What was the main impact of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin on the south

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economic growth would occur, as the main agricultural product has even more uses, and therefore more potential buyers.
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User Ganesh Yadav
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it improved the profitability of plantations which made cotton the south's main crop

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~Emmy <3

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