2. Which of these was NOT experienced in the U. S. during the first 3 years
following World War I?
bankrupt businesses
rapid inflation
farm failures
Dust Bowl

reread your text and you will find the answer. stay focused ignore all your distractions.

explanation:

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.

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