According to the article about the cold war, the united states and the soviet union came close to nuclear war in
1962. this happened after the us discovered that the soviets were building missile bases on the island of

a. haiti
b. cuba
c. jamaica
d. puerto rico

your answer would be (b)

while it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton.

explanation:

before eli whitney's invention of the cotton gin, picking and cleaning cotton was a slow, labor-intensive job. workers, usually slaves, had to pick the seeds from the cotton fibers by hand. this invention made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms and make money.