What Is the Significance of Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin

question 46

Multiple Choice

What is the significance of Eli Whitney's cotton gin?

• A) The internal slave trade within the United States grew dramatically.
• B) The Atlantic slave trade continued to bring slaves in large numbers to the United States up until 1860.
• C) The Erie Canal became the primary waterway for shipping cotton.
• D) Cotton production decreased dramatically for twenty-five years.
• E) The federal government recommended using Indians as slaves.

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