Question 5
How did the invention of the cotton gin affect the cotton-growing industry?




A Northern textile mills began to process cotton from India because the price of
Southern cotton rose.


B It led to a greater demand for land to grow cotton and the enslaved people to
work the field.

C Cotton growers needed to raise the price of cotton to pay for the new
technology.

D More farmers started smaller cotton-growing farms because the technology
meant they needed fewer enslaved people and paid workers.