Two ways that the free enterprise system works to break down the three powers of monopolies noted (higher prices, barriers to entry, reduced competition)

The two ways are: the free enterprise system can yield negative effects when they lessen competition and look after incompetent competitors. Additionally, outcomes are infuriating when over head costs of legal intervention are bigger than the benefits for the consumers.

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.