Use the table below to answer the question that follows.
Cotton Production in
the United States
1790-1860
Year Number of Bales
1790
3,135
1800
73.145
1810
177,638
1820
334,378
1830
731,452
1840
1,346,232
1850
2,133,851
1860
3,837.402
What happened as a result of the trend shown in this table?
The price of cotton per bale increased.
The total population of slaves increased.
The number of migrant farm workers increased.
O The wages of workers on cotton farms increased.