Question

Why did the South become heavily dependent upon cotton?

1.The South found new trade partners.

2.Southern business people invested heavily in cotton.

3.Eli Whitney's cotton gin increased production.

Answer 1

Eli Whitney's cotton gin increased production

Answer 2

Option: 3.Eli Whitney's cotton gin increased production.

Step-by-step explanation:

By the coming of the Cotton Gin in 1793 in America, reduced the slaves in laboring in removing seeds from the cotton. Removing the seeds from cotton was back-breaking work for the slaves because it needed most of their time to finish the task in the given time. Cotton Gin provided relief but led in rising for slavery in the plantations to grow and pick in the fields. It also helped the planters in demand for land and slaves, which made them heavily depended upon cotton.