Question

The cotton boom changed life in the South in all these ways EXCEPT by

(A) encouraging the growth of slavery
(B) driving Native Americans off their land
(C) creating a similar boom in other crops
(D) causing a great movement westward

Answer 1

How did the cotton boom affect the South?

Cotton transformed the United States, making fertile land in the Deep South, from Georgia to Texas, extraordinarily valuable. Growing more cotton meant an increased demand for slaves. Slaves in the Upper South became incredibly more valuable as commodities because of this demand for them in the Deep South.

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