Questions: What impact did Congress banning the transatlantic slave trade in 1808 have on slavery in the United States?

The answer is: It led to a rise in the domestic slave trade as demand for labor increased in cotton-producing areas.

This option is correct. When Congress banned the transatlantic slave trade in 1808, it did not end slavery in the United States. Instead, it increased the domestic slave trade. The demand for labor, particularly in the cotton-producing areas of the South, continued to grow. As a result, the internal trade of enslaved people within the United States expanded significantly to meet this demand.

This option is also correct. The domestic slave trade often involved the forced relocation of enslaved people from the Upper South to the Deep South, where the demand for labor was higher. This process frequently resulted in the separation of families and communities, as individuals were sold and moved to different locations.

This option is correct as well. With the ban on importing enslaved people from Africa, slaveholders in the Eastern states, where the agricultural economy was less reliant on slave labor, found themselves with surplus enslaved populations. These individuals were often sold and transported to the western and southern regions of the United States, where the demand for labor in cotton production was increasing.