10. Who is credited with establishing the first accessible route to the western United States, known as the Oregon Trail?

Robert Stuart of Astoria

Explanation:

Fur traders had reports and books written about their adventures out west.

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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.