3 In the sentence, "Poor Richard's Almanack
contained many witty epigrams," what does
the word "epigram" mean?
TRON
A Crossword puzzle
B
Plece of weather-related information
C
Short saying or plece of wisdom
D Argument for U. S. Independence

C  Short saying or piece of wisdom

Explanation:

An epigram is a short or rather brief statement that is witty, wise, or otherwise philosophical. An example would be Groucho Marx writing that "No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend."

"Poor Richard's Almanack'' was a sort of calendar that Benjamin Franklin published on a yearly basis to enable him promote his printing business. It contained many witty epigrams such as, “Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead” and “Lost Time is never found again.”

uncle sam would be tossing and turning in his grave : *)

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.