Columbus was originally looking for a different route to what continent? a. Africa b. North America c. Asia d. Europe

Columbus was looking for India which is located in the continent of Asia then he found America and settled there instead.

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.