The development of the cotton gin of the United States was not a factor in the expansion of slavery in the mid-1800s.
The expansion of slavery happened majorly because of westward expansion of slavery which carried the slavery down into the Southwest, into Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana etc
Also, the admission to the Union of more states also allowed more slavery than free states in the 1800s.
Therefore, the Option C is correct.
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