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Growing Infrastructure

Question 6 • US History 1 26-27 II – 415654

How did the invention of the cotton gin impact the American economy?

Answer
A
The cotton gin helped cotton become the South’s most important cash crop.
B
The cotton gin enabled the United States to import more cotton from overseas.
C
The cotton gin boosted manufacturing because it could spin cotton into cloth.
D
The cotton gin made it possible to grow cotton in the North and Midwest.
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