The Industrial Revolution had which of the following effects on slavery in the South?:
a) the creation of numerous labor saving machines vastly reduced the need for slave labor.
b) rapid growth in the textile industry encouraged Southern planters to grow cotton, thereby making slavery more important to the economy.
c) the government bought and freed Southern slaves, then transported them to the North, where factories were experiencing a major labor shortage.
d) the Industrial Revolution began as the Civil War was ending and it provided work for many former slaves.
e) new farm machinery required slaves and masters to work more closely together, with a resulting reduction of mutual hostility.
Answer: b) rapid growth in the textile industry encouraged Southern planters to grow cotton, thereby making slavery more important to the economy.
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