During the mid-1800s, manufacturing, commerce, and finance made up a very small part of the Southern economy. What was one result of this lack of economic diversity?

A. a long period of inflation

B. heavy dependence on agriculture and slave labor

C. a deep economic depression

D. heavy dependence on mining and immigrant labor

A. heavy dependence on agriculture and slave labor

Explanation:

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The Southern economy in the mid-1800s was very heavily dependent on agriculture, which was very heavily dependent on slave labor. This made the region's economy potentially unstable. Most Southerners believed that if slavery was abolished the Southern economy.