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he southern economy was based around agriculture in the years before the Civil War. Which crop was the most profitable for southern farmers?
A.
tobacco
B.
salt
C.
rice
D.
cotton
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D. cotton
Cotton was the South's most profitable cash crop before the Civil War—its value surged with demand from textile mills in Britain and the North, and the cotton gin made large-scale cotton cultivation highly profitable.
Cotton was the South's most profitable cash crop before the Civil War—its value surged with demand from textile mills in Britain and the North, and the cotton gin made large-scale cotton cultivation highly profitable.
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