What two factors led to a cotton boom in the South during the early nineteenth century?
a. the invention of the cotton gin and the demand from textile manufacturers in England
b. the end of the War of 1812 and the Abolition Act of 1808
c. the invention of the steamboat and the defeat of western Indians
d. the establishment of the gang system and the development of the Gullah language
Ans: a. the invention of the cotton gin and the demand from textile manufacturers in England
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