During the first half of the 1800s, the Southern economy relied primarily on the plantation system. The South's economy was heavily dependent on agriculture, particularly the cultivation of cash crops such as cotton, tobacco, and sugar, which were grown on large plantations using enslaved labor.
during the first half of the 1800s, on which of the following did the southern economy rely?
factory system
new immigrants
plantation system
or extensive barter
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