Which of the following is the most significant cause of the economic struggles of the New South?
A. The Democrats gained political control, limiting the development of new industry.
B. Southern farmers had not learned to manage cash crops.
C. The South had been too dependent upon the plantation system.
D. The Southern states would not trade with other states.

Question

Which of the following is the most significant cause of the economic struggles of the New South?
	A.	The Democrats gained political control, limiting the development of new industry.
	B.	Southern farmers had not learned to manage cash crops.
	C.	The South had been too dependent upon the plantation system.
	D.	The Southern states would not trade with other states.

anonymous · Answer

Because of slavery they really did not know how to harvest there own crop. So the South became too dependent upon the plantation system. C