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During the first half of the 1800s, on which of the following did the Southern economy rely?
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factory system
factory system

new immigrants
new immigrants

plantation system
plantation system

extensive barter
extensive barter

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
plantation system

The Southern economy in the first half of the 1800s was based on large plantations producing cash crops (especially cotton) using enslaved labor, not factories, mass immigration, or extensive barter.