Question

During the Industrial Revolution, how did innovations in technology affect the use of slave labor in the United States?

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Innovations in agricultural technology increased the production of cotton. As a result, Southern plantations needed greater numbers of enslaved workers.     Explanation:

Answer 2

Innovations in agricultural technology increased the production of cotton. As a result, Southern plantations needed greater numbers of enslaved workers.

The cotton gin created in 1794 by Eli Whitney decreased the amount of time used to pick the seeds out of the cotton. The cotton could be processed more quickly which means the owners wanted more cotton to process. To pick more, plantation owners needed more slaves to pick higher quantities of cotton.