What is one major benefit countries get from joining intergovernmental organizations (igos)?
a. wealthy countries can avoid providing aid to poor countries by joining an igo. b. groups of countries can wield more economic influence than individual countries.
c. igos allow member countries to resolve their own disputes without consulting the group.
d. countries that join igos have more political independence than nonmembers.

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.