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Which region's primary economy activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton?

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Answer:

The Confederate States of America

Step-by-step explanation:

(1861-1865) started with an agrarian-based economy that relied heavily on slave-worked plantations for the production of cotton for export to Europe and to the northern US.

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