What did the lend-lease act do? a. it permitted all warring nations to borrow military equipment from the united states as long as they promise to return it after the war. b. it permitted great britain to borrow military equipment from the united states as long as they promised to return it after the war. c. it permitted great britain and germany to rent military equipment from the united states throughout world war ii. d. it permitted germany to rent military equipment from the united state at very reasonable rates.

abraham lincoln  (february 12, 1809  – april 15, 1865) was an american statesman, politician, and lawyer who served as the 16th  president of the united states  from 1861 until  his assassination  in april 1865. lincoln led the nation through the  american civil war, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.[2][3]  he preserved the  union,  abolished slavery, strengthened the  federal government, and modernized  the u.s. economy.

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.