What were the effects of the environmental movement in the united states?

It had two impacts in the US.

-we no longer have acid rain and pollution decreased

-contributed to the deep splits between conservatives and liberals.

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.