In the United States, why was the South slower to industrialize than the North?

It had an agricultural economy that was dependent on enslaved persons.

It was still recovering from the Civil War. (This one is incorrect.)

It had a population too small to support any industry.

It lacked the necessary natural resources to build industry.

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Amari Odonnell

5 July, 14:34

In the United States, why was the South slower to industrialize than the North?

It had an agricultural economy that was dependent on enslaved persons.

It was still recovering from the Civil War. (This one is incorrect.)

It had a population too small to support any industry.

It lacked the necessary natural resources to build industry.

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Emilee Calhoun · Answer 1

I would say A) It had an agricultural economy that was dependent on enslaved persons. The south was gaining enough revenue from their cash crops that their wasn't as big a need for industrialization as their was in the north.