2. Which statement about the climate of the Midwest is not true?
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A The climate of the Midwest is the same across the region.
B Summers in the Midwest are hot.
C The climate of the Midwest favors agriculture.
D Winters in the Midwest can be very cold.

die.

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.