Question

Which of the following was correct about the relationship between cotton and slavery?

A. The cotton industry and the institution of slavery had little to do with one another.
B. The cotton industry encouraged plantation owners to free enslaved African Americans.
C. The cotton industry helped spread the institution of slavery to the Deep South.
D. The cotton industry encouraged the ban on the slave trade to the U.S.

Answer 1

c

Step-by-step explanation:

the cotton industry and the institution of slavery had little to do with one another

Answer 2

C

Step-by-step explanation:

Once the slave owners realized that there was money in the cotton industry, they started to grow it more and more but the more they grew the more slaves that were needed to pick it, everyone soon realized that cotton was a cash crop and brought in alot of money, this made slavery spread.