Question

During the Industrial Revolution, how did innovations in technology affect the use of enslaved workers in the United States?

Answer 1

innovations in agricultural technology increase cotton production, meaning Southern plantations needed more enslaved workers.

Answer 2

One of the main ways in which innovations in technology affected the use of enslaved workers in the United States was that it created a larger dichotomy between the north and the south, since slaves in the south were being used more to pick cotton, since advancements like the cotton gin greatly increased output.