I believe that they worked the Spanish Americans to death during the Columbian Exchange, specifically the Silver Trade, when China's high demand for silver took place
The South didn't see a problem in almost everyone growing the same few cash crops. They were in high demand, especially cotton. They were all making good money. The idea to diversify seemed silly and dangerous. Here was something that was working and making them more than enough. To stop and venture into something different would be expensive and possibly fail.
First of all, Germans are European anyways.
Secondly, the Allied Forces won.
A is the only answer that makes any sense
