Why had slavery been on the decline before the invention of the cotton gin? how did slavery change as a result of the cotton gin
? 2. why were some southern leaders worried about the south's reliance on cotton? 3. what was the largest social group in the south? how did its members make a living?
1. The slavery levels were declining because the owners of the slaves were mad that their slaves weren't working fast enough. Then because of the cotton gin the slaves could work faster and thus Southerners wanted more slaves.
The Basque Conflict was an internal conflict between the Basque organization known as Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) and the Government of Spain. ETA supposedly represented the desire of the people from the Basque Region, which sought the independence of their territory from Spain and France.
ETA was considered as a "terrorist organization" by the Spanish, French, British, and American authorities, due to the aggressive style of their actions, which included bombings that led to deaths of civilians.
Enlightenment is when you are learning or understanding. Ignorance (the opposite) is when you have a lack of knowledge and understanding. Prejudice and superstition sprout from ignorance.
Osama bin Laden's declaration of a holy war against the United States, and a fatwā signed by bin Laden and others for the killing of Americans in 1998, are seen by investigators as evidence of his motivation.