Identify the statements that CORRECTLY describe the cotton gin and the impact it had on Antebellum America. 1. Eli Whitney's original cotton gin required steam power.
2. The cotton gin picked the plant out of the ground easily so it could be sorted later.
3. The cotton gin helped to make growing cotton more profitable. 4.Following the invention of the cotton gin, fewer slaves were needed to harvest cotton.
5. An effect of the cotton gin was that it caused people to seek more land to the west on which to grow cotton.
6. An effect of the cotton gin was that it caused the South to become reliant on one crop for most of its economic success.