Which group had conflicts with silver miners over land and water rights? A. Southern sharecroppers
B. Southwest ranchers
C. Plains farmers
D. Southern farmers

b. native americans them

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.