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What was the effect of the invention of the cotton gin on the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century?

:The focus of economic activity in the South shifted from agriculture to industrial production.

:The South became more dependent on slavery, deepening the differences between the South and the North.

:Industrialists from the North migrated to the South in large numbers to set up textile mills and shipping firms.

:Large numbers of plantation workers in the South lost their jobs and moved north in search of jobs.

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the answer for plato is B.

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I am not an expert on this but i know that with the industrial era, brought a even higher demand on cotton. They were making more faster.
So i would go with B because they needed more slaves to keep up with demand.
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