Match the following terms with their definitions.
provisional
autocratic
communism
soviet
single-party state

communism-government that controls the distribution of land and resources

Single party state- government in which more than one political party is prohibited

Provisional- temporary

Autocratic- possessing absolute and unlimited power

Soviet- a unit of local government in communist Russia

Explanation:

the answer to number 5 is fort sumter

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.