Why did the reagan administration provide funding to the nicaraguan contras? to promote better economic relations with poor nations in latin america to give american businesses access to markets in nicaragua to support a rebellion against an elected government in latin america to prevent human rights violations by the nicaraguan government?

To support a rebellion against an elected government in latin america.

Explanation:

The Reagan administration saw the Nicaraguan government as a threat because of their socialist/communists inclinations, and the Reagan administration made it very clear that the main enemy were the communists, so they funded right extremists rebells to counter attack the left elected government in Nicaragua.

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.