Question

How were Southern plantations able to meet the demand for more cotton in the 1800s

Answer 1

By relying on enslaved workers rather than new technology by hiring more and more unskilled immigrants as demand grew by increasing the number of enslaved workers and using the cotton gin by using the cotton gin and creating corporations to reduce risk.

Answer 2

I believe the answer is: by increasing the number of enslaved workers and using the cotton gin

The northern states in America were the one who adopt the innovations created during industrial revolution, which eliminate their needs to use slaves for their labour. The southern states on the other hand, did not embrace the revolution after the civil war was over. Because of this, they still relied on slaves.