Was Wilson’s Progressivism at odds with his attitudes toward race?

c.

worked constantly and gave many sincere speeches about the importance of independence

silk

indigo  

rice

all the other answers are wrong

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.