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why did the southern cotton industry have a hard time recovering after the civil war?

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Answer choices are:


A. The temperature changed so much that cotton couldn't be grown in the South.

B. Clothes were no longer made out of cotton.

C. Foreign competition drove the price of cotton down.

D. Cotton became too expensive to process.


Correct answer choice is:


C. Foreign competition drove the price of cotton down.


Explanation:


During the civil war, President Davies commenced an official ban on the trade of cotton and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was underprivileged from American exports, he hoped the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland would join him in the war against the North. He was wrong and in spite of the crisis that affected the textile trade in Manchester as an example. British people turned to their homeland for the production of cotton.

Answer:

There were several factors affecting the recovery of the southern cotton industry after the civil war; some of it had to do in part with the fact that many cotton fields deteriorated with the battles and plantations were burned out; also great portion of the population was wounded or dead, including farmers and plantation owners, and transportation was affected too, since railroads were ruined.

Plus off course, there was the fact that foreign competitors drove the price of cotton down.

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