Question

The development of agricultural technology like the cotton gin had a major economic impact on the United States. These technologies made the use of slavery in the South prior to the Civil War
A.
less desirable.
B.
more profitable.
C.
more dangerous.
D.
less acceptable.

Answer 1

B. more profitable.

The cotton gin made processing short-staple cotton far more efficient, fueling a cotton boom and increasing the demand for land and enslaved labor in the Deep South, thereby strengthening and expanding slavery.