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ereecah

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on: Jun 30, 2018
Which of the following reasons did not contribute to the rise of King Cotton?
 a. Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin in 1793
  b. soils and climate of the new Southwest
  c. large shifts in slave populations
  d. declines in slave populations that drove mechanical innovation

Question 2

According to the text, the growth of service sector employment in the US has contributed to
 a. higher unemployment rates in the postwar period.
  b. a slowdown in the growth of real wages during the postwar period.
  c. reduced economic stability in the postwar period.
  d. an increase in the power and membership of unions.
  e. All of the above.


diana chang

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Reply #1 on: Jun 30, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d. declines in slave populations that drove mechanical innovation.

Answer to Question 2

b. a slowdown in the growth of real wages during the postwar period.


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