Asked by Ishowpeed

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

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
A. southern Mississippi

Reason: The "Deep South" (Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia) had the warm climate and fertile river-bottom soils that supported large antebellum cotton plantations. Western Virginia was mountainous and not cotton country, and southern Florida was sparsely settled and unsuitable for large cotton plantations.