Question

What was one effect of the cotton gin in the United States?

(1 point)

Improved soil fertility

Expansion of mercantilism

Increased efficiency of crop irrigation

Expansion of the plantation system

Answer 1

One effect of the cotton gin in the United States was the **expansion of the plantation system**. The cotton gin made it much easier and more profitable to process cotton, leading to an increase in cotton production and, subsequently, the growth of plantations, particularly in the Southern states.