Which of the following statements would Jacob Riis most likely agree with.:

- Those who live in poverty are poor because they do not work hard enough.

- Society has an obligation to help those living in poverty.

- It is acceptable for children to go to work at an early age.

answer; /// i believe that they became successful farmers; ///////////////

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.

1 wagon is the right answer