What was the effect of the invention of the cotton gin on the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century?

a. the focus of economic activity in the south shifted from agricultural to industrial production.

b. The south became more dependent on slavery, deepening the differences between the south and the north.

c. industrialist from the north migrated to the south in large numbers to set up textile mills and shipping firms.

d. large numbers of plantation workers in the South lost their job and move north in search of jobs

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Rafael Jefferson

2 November, 09:36

What was the effect of the invention of the cotton gin on the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century?

a. the focus of economic activity in the south shifted from agricultural to industrial production.

b. The south became more dependent on slavery, deepening the differences between the south and the north.

c. industrialist from the north migrated to the south in large numbers to set up textile mills and shipping firms.

d. large numbers of plantation workers in the South lost their job and move north in search of jobs

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Mathias Mcpherson · Answer 1

B

Explanation:

The south became more dependent on slavery since the cotton gin increased production of cotton thus increasing the demand and call for slaves to fulfill demand. The differences between the North and South grew deeper.