Work, Exchange, and Technology 1755–1800 Practice Test

The cotton gin caused the growth in the use of slave labor, because of cotton was now so profitable.

The cotton gin began a sharp increase in the building of factories in the South.

The cotton gin caused additional inventions to be created such as machines to spin and weave the additional cotton.

The cotton gin helped cotton overtake tobacco as the South's leading export by the mid-1800's.

All of these statements are true.