Question

In 2-3 sentences explain why the invention of the cotton gin might be considered one of the causes of the civil war. (Pls help!)

Answer 1

Answer: It revolutionized the cotton industry in the United States, but also led to the growth of slavery in the American South as the demand for cotton harvesting rapidly increased. The invention has thus been identified as an inadvertent contributing factor to the outbreak of the American Civil War

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