3. How can one relate racism to the practice of slavery in early American history?

Minority groups such as Africans and Native Americans were often enslaved just because of their skin color or because of their culture. In modern times, we do the same thing. Some people might think of Native American culture as odd, or may not like Black people just because of how they look. It's all about prejudice.

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.