Question

In 1793, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, a machine to remove cotton from the seeds. This great invention allowed one field hand to do the same amount of work as ten, which meant more cotton could be cleaned and prepared. Which statement below describes a negative outcome of this invention?
A) Other planters built similar copies of the cotton gin machine and made money off their design.

B) More people were needed to plant and pick cotton so plantation owners used slaves to fill these positions.

C) In the decade following the invention, cotton production rose from 3,000 bales a year to 100,000 bales a year.

D) Great Britain and other European countries wanted to use the cotton to make clothes, so there was an increase in demand.

Answer 1

More people were needed to plant and pick cotton so plantation owners used slaves to fill these positions.

Explanation:

The invention of the "cotton gin by Eli" Whitney resulted in tremendous production in America and other industrial estates. However, it was associated with another far-fetched issue along-side.

Before the invention of the cotton gin, there was general slack in demand of slaves. The coming of cotton gin meant the humongous need for raw cotton since the machine can process the raw cotton at a faster pace than any other machines available contemporarily.

This rapid need for raw cotton was substituted by employing slaves in the cotton field for their production and collection. This caused an increased need for slave once again.