Question

Use the charts to answer the question.
Based on the data on the charts, what can be inferred about the states that show an increase of enslaved workers and have low cotton shares?
(1 point)
Responses

Those states used slave labor to grow different crops.
Those states used slave labor to grow different crops.

Those states used additional slave labor in their factories.
Those states used additional slave labor in their factories.

Those states had only just begun to grow cotton and had to increase their workforce.

Answer 1

Based on the data on the charts, the inference that can be made about the states that show an increase of enslaved workers and have low cotton shares is:

**Those states used slave labor to grow different crops.**

This suggests that while the states had low cotton production, they were likely utilizing enslaved labor for other agricultural purposes.