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Which statement accurately describes the relationship between cash crops and enslaved workers?

A:Cash crops provided many enslaved workers with money to purchase their freedom.

B: In order to make cash crops profitable, farmers sought to reduce the number of enslaved workers.

C: Cash crops were labor intensive, so they were grown on large plantations that used many enslaved workers.

D: In general, cash crops were grown on small family farms with only a few enslaved workers.

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Answer: C

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Because of the south’s climate, it enabled large plantations of cash crops like cotton to be grown and sold, thus making up the brunt of the south’s economy
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