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What made growing cash crops profitable for the South?
The practice of slavery made the growing of cash crops profitable in the South. It was decades after slavery that mechanization made it extremely profitable again.
What invention made slavery profitable in the South?
cotton gin
Why didnt south want slavery to end?
It made the cotton trade so profitable.
What made slavery profitable in the South?
because the slave owners would make alot of money from farming
What inventor caused slavery to be fastened upon the south?
Eli Whitney was likely the inventor who solidified the practice of slavery in the South. His invention of the cotton gin made cotton monstrously profitable.
What invention caused the expansion of slavery in the south?
Cotton gin. Cotton gin made cotton production more profitable.
What invention helped to keep slavery profitable in the South?
Cotton gin
How did the invention of the cotton gin change the ideas about slavery in the south?
The cotton gin made selling cotton profitable with slave labor.
What invention made slavery most profitable?
the cotton gin
Was slavery expensive or profitable for the southern economy?
It was very profitable. It allowed the southern colonies to hold profitable tobacco planting. Off this staple crop, they made a lot of money.
Why did Eli whitneys cotton gin lead to the spread of slavery into more of the south?
The cotton gin made cotton production more profitable, as long as the slave labor remained. More planters pursued larger profits under the plantation system. It made the cotton trade so profitable that Southern leaders were strongly motivated to preserve slavery and extend it, if possible. Growing cotton became more profitable, growers expanded crop acreage, and more slaves were needed to grow the cotton.
How did the invention of the cotton gin affect the number of slaves needed for the south?
It caused slavery to be more profitable. :)
