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tankabanditka [31]
3 years ago
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How did Eli Whitney's invention affect the institution of slavery in the United States? It decreased the demand for slave labor

on frontier farms. It decreased the demand for unskilled slave labor. It increased the demand for slave labor to grow cotton. It increased the demand for slave labor in textile factories.
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2 answers:
marysya [2.9K]3 years ago
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It increased the demand for slave labor to grow cotton.
navik [9.2K]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

It increased the demand for slave labor to grow cotton.

Explanation:

Eli Whitney created the Cotton Gin, a simple machine that separates cotton fibers from their seeds. Before it, this separation needed to be done by hand which made production slower.

With the invention of the Cotton Gin, the productivity of cotton grew, it actually doubled each decade after 1800. With production rising, cotton farms needed more and more slaves to produce cotton, and because of this, it increased the demand for slave labor.

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