I believe the answer would be: C. Custer and his force arrived ahead of the main U.S. force.
They were limited by the absence of federal authority to regulate slavery.
Answer: It sharply decreased and suffered heavy losses.
Explanation:
Tobacco, like most industries in America, saw its prices plummet and farmers take heavy losses. Before the Depression, farmers had tried to capitalize on the prosperity of the 20s by producing a lot of tobacco. So much so that they overproduced and tobacco prices fell before the Depression.
When the Depression then came, they fell even harder. Tobacco was traded was 86 cents a pound in 1919 was trading for 9 cents in 1931. Sometimes farmers did not even make enough to justify the cost of production. This went on till some government policies enacted by Roosevelt with the New Deal.
