“The grave [in the South] was dug through solid marble, but the marble headstone came from Vermont. It was in a pine wilderness but the pine coffin came from Cincinnati. An iron mountain overshadowed it but the coffin nails and the screws and the shovel came from Pittsburgh. . . . A hickory grove grew nearby, but the pick and shovel handles came from New York. . . . That country, so rich in underdeveloped resources, furnished nothing for the funeral except the corpse and the hole in the ground.”

Question

“The grave [in the South] was dug through solid marble, but the marble headstone came from Vermont. It was in a pine wilderness but the pine coffin came from Cincinnati. An iron mountain overshadowed it but the coffin nails and the screws and the shovel came from Pittsburgh. . . . A hickory grove grew nearby, but the pick and shovel handles came from New York. . . . That country, so rich in underdeveloped resources, furnished nothing for the funeral except the corpse and the hole in the ground.”
– Henry Grady, Speech to the Bay Street Club, Boston, 1889
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.

What is the main idea of this excerpt?
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Responses

By not purchasing products from its own manufacturers, the South helped enrich the North.

Even though the South had resources it could tap, it relied heavily on the North.

All the materials for a Southern burial could only be gotten from the North.

Because agriculture was so profitable, the South chose not to make use of its other natural resources.

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The main idea of this excerpt is: **Even though the South had resources it could tap, it relied heavily on the North.** The passage highlights how the South utilized materials and products from the North for a local burial, despite having its own natural resources.