Question

for questions 1 - 6, read each passage and then choose the best answer to the accompanying questions. answer the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage(s). passage one of the earliest knows fabrics is cotton. remnants have been found dating to 6,000bc in south america, and use of cotton in the middle east and india also dates back millennia. cotton reached europe later but quickly became popular trade item. the industrial revolutions of the us and britain, particularly eli whitneys invention of the cotton gin, allowed production of cloth to increase enormously. in the southern us, plantations produced mass quantities of cotton, relying heavily on slave labor to grow and harvest the crops. cotton tended to be king in the south, even after the civil war, until boll weevils were introduced in the late nineteenth century. these insects wreaked havoc on cotton fields for decades until pesticides and other control methods were developed to manage the problem. cotton continues to be manufactured in huge quantities today, in both genetically modified and organic forms. it slowed the production of cotton. it allowed the us to produce cloth independently it solved the problem of the boll weevil it aided increased production of cotton clear all

Explanation:

The passage states that Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin allowed the production of cloth to increase enormously. Since cloth production is closely related to cotton production, it can be inferred that the cotton gin aided increased production of cotton.

Answer:

It aided increased production of cotton