50 POINTS Really need some help on this.. don't answer if you don't know, will report! Did the New Deal effectively provide relief to Americans during the Great Depression? Historians and economists still disagree over the answer to this question. Read the four articles provided here to learn more about both sides of the argument. Determine your viewpoint on this topic and develop a claim.
Write an essay to present an argument that either accepts or rejects the claim that the New Deal effectively provided relief during the Great Depression. Your argument should include a clear claim, logical reasons, and accurate data and other relevant evidence. It should also include, and rebut, a counterclaim.

Such programs certainly helped end the Great Depression. But, just because the United States hasn’t repeated the economic catastrophe of the Great Depression doesn’t mean the programs of the New Deal can take all the credit. Other factors were also at play—including the onset of a major world war. “It really could be argued World War II, which ultimately lowered unemployment and increased GNP through weapons production really played a much bigger role,” Lichtenstein says on History.com

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.