Question

true or false. the reason why cotton gin lead to the growth of slavery is because the cotton gin increased cotton production so plantation owners used more enslaved to meet the demand

Answer 1

True. The cotton gin, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, significantly increased the speed and efficiency of separating cotton fibers from their seeds. This led to a rapid increase in cotton production, resulting in increased demand for enslaved people to cultivate and pick larger amounts of cotton. Plantation owners and farmers relied heavily on slave labor to keep up with the growing demand for cotton, further perpetuating and expanding slavery in the United States.