Question

13)
Accounting for almost 60% of American exports by the beginning of the Civil War, which statement regarding the impact of cotton is TRUE?
A)
The Northern states provided the labor for the cotton plantations.
B)
The Southern states developed the plantation system and rigid social classes.
C)
The invention of the cotton gin reduced the South's dependency on cotton farming.
D)
The cotton production fueled the rise of manufacturing centers in the Southern states.