EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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Missouri Compromise
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invention of the the steamboat
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invention of the cotton gin
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nullification crisis
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Detailed explanation-1: -rapid growth in the textile industry encouraged Southern planters to grow cotton, thereby making slavery more important to the economy.
Detailed explanation-2: -While it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for enslaved labor to grow and pick the cotton. In fact, the opposite occurred. Cotton growing became so profitable for enslavers that it greatly increased their demand for both land and enslaved labor.
Detailed explanation-3: -Eli Whitney’s mechanical cotton gin revolutionized cotton production and expanded and strengthened slavery throughout the South.
Detailed explanation-4: -With the invention of the cotton gin, cotton became the cash crop of the Deep South, stimulating increased demand for enslaved people from the Upper South to toil the land.