During the colonial era, South African society became divided based on
caste.
class.
gender.
Race.

Race

Explanation:

race

Explanation:

last option

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.

after the senate and the house passed different bills and deadlock threatened, a compromise bill was worked out with the following provisions: (1) missouri was admitted as a slave state and maine (formerly part of massachusetts).