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How did the invention of the cotton gin in 1793 affect the labor of enslaved people in the South?

Although the cotton gin affected the tasks performed by enslaved workers, the number of workers needed remained constant.

Although the cotton gin did not alter the tasks performed by enslaved workers, the number of workers sharply increased.

Because the cotton gin was so efficient, plantation owners needed fewer enslaved workers to produce cotton.

Because the cotton gin processed cotton so quickly, farmers needed increasing numbers of enslaved workers.

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Many people disapproved of the Kansas-Nebraska Act because it repealed

the Topeka Constitution.

the Lecompton Constitution.

the Missouri Compromise.

the Mexican Cession.

What new technology made cotton “king” in the South in the 1800s?

the assembly line

the cotton gin

mass production

steamboats

In the mid-1800s, pioneers who traveled through the Great Plains to the West faced

summer rainstorms and difficult terrain.

rugged mountains and steep passes.

summer rainstorms and rugged mountains.

steep passes and difficult terrain.

Which of the following events occurred first?

the discovery of gold in California

the Compromise of 1850

the application for statehood by California

the Missouri Compromise

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