How are local governments similar in structure to that of state and federal governments? They nominate the executive and appoint them through the legislature.

They have three branches, just as the state and federal governments do.

They have the office of president like state and federal governments.

They have a bicameral, or two-house, legislative branch.

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.