Short-Staple Cotton

question 73

Multiple Choice

Short-staple cotton

• A) helped to keep the South a predominantly agricultural region.
• B) was less coarse than long-staple cotton.
• C) was easier to process than long-staple cotton.
• D) was more susceptible to disease than long-staple cotton.
• E) was only grown in the coastal regions of the upper South.

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