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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.
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.
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.
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 resource

Answer 1

The main idea of the excerpt is:

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