GK
INVENTIONS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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It needed to be repaired a lot
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More slaves were needed to clean the cotton
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Lots of slaves were needed to produce and harvest more cotton
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The labor needed to grow and pick the cotton was enslaved to do more and more production. The number of slave States got more than doubled to 15 in the 1870s, from 6 in the 1790s. So, the correct answer is Option B.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney (1765-1825) patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. By the mid-19th century, cotton had become America’s leading export.
Detailed explanation-3: -Engineer Eli Whitney died 35 years before the Civil War, but his most famous invention, the cotton gin, set the economic stage for war. Whitney’s gin made cotton production far more efficient, fueling the need for more southern slaves and enriching powerful planters.