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Pros and Cons

To many, the cotton gin represented growth, while others believed that it  should have been destroyed or removed from American lands.

 

  • Cotton could be picked at a mucher faster rate. This meant that it was much more accessible.

  • Cotton became a major trading good for the South.

  • Southern economy was boosted.

  • The price of cotton decreased drestically because it was much easier to produce.

 

Pros


 

Cons

  • Slavery began to quickly expand.

  • Work for the slaves became almost unbarrable. They had to work for longer hours, and if they could not meet their quotas, they would be punished.

  • Southerners became very dependent of cotton.

  • The soil began to lose its nutriets.

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