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Question 5

How did the invention of the cotton gin affect the cotton-growing industry?




A Northern textile mills began to process cotton from India because the price of
Southern cotton rose.


B It led to a greater demand for land to grow cotton and the enslaved people to
work the field.

C Cotton growers needed to raise the price of cotton to pay for the new
technology.

D More farmers started smaller cotton-growing farms because the technology
meant they needed fewer enslaved people and paid workers.

Answer 1

B It led to a greater demand for land to grow cotton and the enslaved people to work the field.

Step-by-step explanation:

Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin in 1794 (his idea was based on earlier gins and also on ideas from other people, including Catherine Greene and enslaved laborers; some say that these were the rightful inventors of the cotton gin). Catherine Greene and her husband, Phineas Miller, financed Whitney and the legal battle that would ensue.

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Answer 2

Answer: B

Step-by-step explanation:

Cotton growing became so profitable for enslavers that it greatly increased their demand for both land and enslaved labor.

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