which dutch monk criticized catholic church officials for focusing on money and power instead of the spiritual needs of individuals?

Erasmus

Explanation:

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it would be that mali has the worst literacy rate than the others

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.