How did the invention of the cotton gin impact the American economy? The cotton gin helped cotton become the South’s most important cash crop.
The cotton gin enabled the United States to import more cotton from overseas.
The cotton gin boosted manufacturing because it could spin cotton into cloth.
The cotton gin made it possible to grow cotton in the North and Midwest.

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