High School

What is one way the Industrial Revolution changed how people worked?

**Cause and Effect:**

A. The cotton gin made it possible to harvest cotton more quickly, leading to Southern farms producing more cotton.

B. The cotton gin made cotton production harder, leading to an increase in slavery in the South.

C. Only large farms could afford the cotton gin, leading most farmers to stop growing cotton.

D. The cotton gin made cotton production easier, leading farmers in the North and West to start growing cotton.