What word would be synonymous with controversial?

contentious

disputed

dubious

questionable

arguable

argumentative

contended

contestable

controvertible

debateable

disputable

disputatious

doubtable

doubtful

dubitable

in dispute

litigious

moot

open to discussion

open to question

polemical

suspect

uncertain

under discussion

Explanation:

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.