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Question

JOHANA DE LEON RANGEL

Industrial Revolution: Question 5

How did this invention contribute to the expansion of the plantation

system?

Select one:

By reducing the number of slaves needed for growing cotton

By increasing the time needed to cultivate cotton

By reducing the demand for raw cotton

By increasing the profitability of slavery

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Answer

By increasing the profitability of slavery.

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The invention that contributed to the expansion of the plantation system was the cotton gin, which was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. The cotton...