How might one explain the fact that Grant was a success as a general but an embarrassment as a president

the answer is b. hope this !

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.

after the senate and the house passed different bills and deadlock threatened, a compromise bill was worked out with the following provisions: (1) missouri was admitted as a slave state and maine (formerly part of massachusetts).

i believe it was ccc - civilian conservation corps