Question

Use the image to answer the question.
Which of the following statements can be inferred from the painting?
(1 point)
Responses

Since there are so many slaves working in the field, the cotton gin is not yet in use at this plantation.
Since there are so many slaves working in the field, the cotton gin is not yet in use at this plantation.

Since there is a steamboat in the background, the Industrial Revolution must be at an end.
Since there is a steamboat in the background, the Industrial Revolution must be at an end.

Since there are over 20 slaves in the image, the plantation owner would be considered a member of the cottonocracy.
Since there are over 20 slaves in the image, the plantation owner would be considered a member of the cottonocracy.

Since there is such a small field of cotton, the main crop of this plantation must have been rice or tobacco.
Since there is such a small field of cotton, the main crop of this plantation must have been rice or tobacco.

Answer 1

Since there are over 20 slaves in the image, the plantation owner would be considered a member of the cottonocracy.

Reason: the large number of enslaved workers indicates a large, wealthy cotton plantation—characteristic of the "cottonocracy." The other statements are not supported by the painting (a steamboat does not imply the Industrial Revolution ended, many slaves does not mean the cotton gin wasn't used, and a small visible field doesn't prove the plantation's main crop).