Question 16 of 33

drag the characteristics of immigrants to the u. s. into the correct category.

arrived from northern and western europe

worked as unskilled laborers

worked as farmers

arrived from southern and eastern europe

first wave of immigrants

second wave of immigrants

it was the first amendment

eiffel tower

explanation:

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.