Why Was the South on the Cutting Edge of the Market

question 22

Multiple Choice

Why was the South on the cutting edge of the Market Revolution by 1840?

• A) It produced and exported over two-thirds of the world's cotton supply.
• B) Planters were using European immigrants as industrial workers.
• C) Planters were building factories to process cotton.
• D) Southern society was dominated by free labor.

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