REFER TO THE SECTION BELOW TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 13 AND 14 BELOW
“With the [cotton gin], a single operator could clean as much cotton in a few hours as a group of workers had once needed a whole day to do . . . Soon cotton growing spread into the upland South and beyond, within a decade the total crop increased eightfold . . . The cotton gin not only changed the economy of the South, it also helped transform the North. The large supply of domestically produced fiber was a strong incentive to entrepreneurs in New England and elsewhere to develop an American textile industry.”
Alan Brinkley, American History: Connecting with the Past, 2014
13. The impact of the cotton gin on society is comparable to the impact of all of the following developments. EXCEPT
A. the assembly line
B. the telegraph
C. the sewing machine
D. the application of steam power to factories
14. Which of the following was a direct effect of the invention of the cotton gin?
(A) The invention of the steel plow
(B) The spread of the plantation system into Northern states
(C) The development of the Lowell factory system in New England
(D) The introduction of the factory system in the South
