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Gala2k [10]
3 years ago
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Which statement provides the BEST evidence to support the conclusion that the production of cotton was the MOST important econom

ic activity in Georgia during the antebellum period? A) By the 1840s, railroad construction gave Georgia planters an alternative to transporting cotton via steamboat. B) The Piedmont and Coastal Plains regions provided a combination of suitable soil and climate for cotton production. C) In 1860, over 87,000 Georgians were working in agriculture, which was almost 40,000 more than all other occupations combined. D) Planters were landowners who owned 20 or more field slaves; they made up Georgia's upper class and dominated the state's business and government.
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k0ka [10]3 years ago
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<span>The statement that provides the best evidence to support the conclusion that the production of cotton was the most important economic activity in Georgia during the antebellum period is:

</span><span>C) In 1860, over 87,000 Georgians were working in agriculture, which was almost 40,000 more than all other occupations combined.
</span>
Antebellum is Latin, and it virtually suggests that ''before the war.'' within the context of U.S. history, the term refers to the amount before the American war.
Georgia developed Associate in Nursing agriculture-based economy even before the American Revolution<span> and before it achieved statehood.
However, shortly </span>once Yankee gained its independence, things very took off. In 1793, Savannah resident Eli Whitney developed a tool known as the machine<span>.

The </span>machine was a machine wont to separate cotton seeds from cotton fiber. Choosing out the cotton seed by hand was terribly time-consuming; it would take all day to provide only 1 pound of seeded cotton fiber. With this revolutionary new machine, a team of 2-3 folks may turn out up to fifty pounds of cotton daily.

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