Which best describes the outcome of the siege of Petersburg?

The correct answer is Although Union troops greatly outnumbered Confederate troops, it took months for the North to achieve victory. The Union had more than a double the amount of army that the Confederacy had and they still couldn't enter Petersburg easily with the siege lasting for over 9 months.

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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.

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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.