The American Civil War caused new problems for Indian
weavers. How? (1) Indian weavers could not get sufficient supply of raw cotton of
good Quality (2) The Americans stopped supplying raw cotton to Britain due to the
Civil War and the latter turned to India, and exports from India increased
raising the price of raw cotton (3) Indian weavers could not afford to buy raw
cotton at exorbitant prices (4) All the above
