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What was the impact of the Cotton Gin on American Society ?

Was positive or negative?

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Positive, because it was a new resource that could be made into clothes
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It was positive because slaves could pick the cotton much faster that way, and it increased the availability of cotton for sale and for things like clothes because the cotton gin got it done so much faster

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