How did the widespread use of the cotton gin impact slavery in the South?
◇ It increased the number of slaves because the cotton gin made it possible to grow more cotton.
◇ It ended the need for slaves because plantations automated their cotton harvesting processes.
◇ It reduced the need for slaves because the cotton gin could do the work slaves had been doing.
◇ It ended restrictions on educating slaves because they needed to be able to read and write to operate a cotton gin.