GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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The impact of the Atlantic Slave Trade not just affected the slaves but also ____
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the economies and history of the world
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the amount sugar sold
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the amount of slaves sold
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the amount of slaves killed
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The slave trades negatively affected domestic institutions and governance, which results in less trust today. In addition, the slave trade also directly reduced the extent to which individuals were inherently trusting of others.
Detailed explanation-2: -By 1840, the South grew 60 percent of the world’s cotton and provided some 70 percent of the cotton consumed by the British textile industry. Thus slavery paid for a substantial share of the capital, iron, and manufactured goods that laid the basis for American economic growth.
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