Which statement is true during the mid-nineteenth century in the United States?

Question

The west and the northeast both had large manufacturing centers

The northeast had cattle ranching and the Southwest had grain farming

The west had mining and the Southeast had plantations

Both the Southeast and the Northeast used slave labor

Answer 1

The true statement during the mid-nineteenth century in the United States is:

Both the Southeast and the Northeast used slave labor.

During this period, the Southeast was heavily reliant on slave labor for its agricultural economy, particularly in the production of cotton and tobacco on plantations. While the Northeast was more industrialized, it also participated in systems of slave labor, particularly through economic ties to the South and the use of some enslaved individuals in various forms of labor.