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The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 significantly boosted cotton production in the South, leading to an increased demand for slave labor to cultivate and harvest the crop. This economic reliance on slavery deepened the divide between the agrarian South and the industrializing North, where slavery was increasingly viewed as morally and economically outdated. As the South became more entrenched in its reliance on cotton and slavery, tensions escalated over differing economic interests and social values, contributing to the rise of sectionalism and ultimately the Civil War.

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