Asked by zyien steele

In which area of the South would cotton plantations most likely be found before the Civil War?
A.
southern Mississippi
B.
western Virginia
C.
western Tennessee
D.
southern Florida

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
A. southern Mississippi

Explanation: Before the Civil War the "Cotton Kingdom" was concentrated in the Deep South—especially along the Mississippi Delta and Black Belt (Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, parts of Tennessee)—where flat, fertile soil and a long growing season supported large cotton plantations worked by enslaved labor.