The answer would be <span>A. to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam</span>
Slavery helped contribute to the south's cotton boom during the 1800's. this cotton boom helped raise the economy up. But during Civil War slavery was banned from the U.S. leaving the south after their defeat to lose the slaves and dropping the south into an economic depression.
Answer:
The South had the problem of having an agricultural economy. It's difficult to win a battle when all you grow is cotton, tobacco, and rice. The South, for example, had almost no industrialization, and found it hard to produce weapons or uniforms.