Based on the timeline, the invention of the cotton gin can be directly tied to the spread of slavery. The increase in cotton production due to the cotton gin led to a rising demand for enslaved labor on plantations in the South.
In 1607, planters began growing cotton in the South. In 1793, the U.S. slave population reached about 700,000, and Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. After 1793, demand for cotton increased in New England mills, and more plantations appeared in Southern states. In 1860, the U.S. slave population reached about 4 million. In 1861, the Civil War began. Question Use the timeline to answer the question. Based on the timeline, what can be directly tied to the invention of the cotton gin? (1 point) Responses the Civil War the Civil War economic hardships in the South economic hardships in the South the spread of slavery the spread of slavery industrialization in New England
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