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One major effect of the introduction and widespread usage of Eli Whitney's cotton gin was the dramatic increase in cotton production in the United States, which transformed the Southern economy. This led to the expansion of cotton plantations and, consequently, the entrenchment of slave labor, as the demand for cotton grew. The cotton gin not only revolutionized the agricultural landscape but also intensified the social and economic divisions between the North and South, contributing to the tensions that eventually led to the Civil War.

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