Use the timeline to answer the question.

Question

Based on the timeline, what can be directly tied to the invention of the cotton gin?
(1 point)
• the Civil War
economic hardships in the South
• the spread of slavery
industrialization in New
England

Answer 1

Based on the timeline, the factor that can be directly tied to the invention of the cotton gin is the spread of slavery. The cotton gin made cotton production much more efficient, which in turn increased the demand for slave labor to cultivate and harvest cotton, leading to the expansion of slavery in the South.