Two ways in which the invention of the cotton gin changed the South were:
- An increased focus on cotton as a cash crop.
- Increased demand for enslaved people.
What was the effect of the Cotton Gin on the South?
The Cotton gin made extracting cotton seeds much more efficient and so the South began to focus on farming cotton more due to the riches to be made from the easier processing of the crop.
To farm more cotton, the South turned to enslaved labor and so there was an explosion in demand for enslaved people such that millions of enslaved people were brought to the South.
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