Why Was the South Unable to Respond to Growing British

question 47

Multiple Choice

Why was the South unable to respond to growing British demand for cotton prior to the 1790s?

• A) The type of cotton that grew well in the South required an enormous investment in labor and time to process the raw cotton.
• B) Most farming in the South was done on small family farms.
• C) No one had yet found a kind of cotton that grew well in the South.
• D) British laws prohibited the importation of American cotton.

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