Question

Question #5e9fe

Answer 1

Economic boost from a previously minor plant crop.

Explanation:

After the invention of the cotton gin, cotton became America’s leading crop.
http://www.teachingushistory.org/lessons/pdfs_and_docs/documents/theimpactofthecottongin.html

After the invention of the cotton gin, the yield of raw cotton doubled each decade after 1800. Demand was fueled by other inventions of the Industrial Revolution, such as the machines to spin and weave it and the steamboat to transport it. By midcentury America was growing three-quarters of the world's supply of cotton
https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/cotton-gin-patent

https://hti.osu.edu/history-lesson-plans/united-states-history/cotton-gin