Why did General Sherman burn the city of Atlanta? Explain the reasons he gave in his letter to the mayor, James Calhoun.

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.

continental currency was denominated in dollars from $​1⁄6 to $80, including many odd denominations in between.

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